Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
matrilineal

Accepted Answer

Matrilineal refers to a system of lineag

Question 2

Which of these cities became a major colonial manufacturing center?

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A)  Luxor 
B)  Timbuktu 
C)  Ulan Bator 
D)  Batavia 
E)  Chittenango 
A)  Luxor 
B)  Timbuktu 
C)  Ulan Bator 
D)  Batavia 
E)  Chittenango

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Japan, Thailand, Afghanistan, Persia, and Ethiopia

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Japan, Thailand,...

Question 4

Among the first British colonies in West Africa was

Accepted Answer

A)  Libya. 
B)  Gold Coast. 
C)  Senegal. 
D)  Liberia. 
E)  Zanzibar. 
A)  Libya. 
B)  Gold Coast. 
C)  Senegal. 
D)  Liberia. 
E)  Zanzibar.

Question 5

"New" products that European nations sought to obtain from colonies in Africa and Asia in the nineteenth century included

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A)  gold and silver. 
B)  cloves and pepper. 
C)  oil, tin and rubber. 
D)  tea, silk, and porcelain. 
E)  ivory and rayon. 
A)  gold and silver. 
B)  cloves and pepper. 
C)  oil, tin and rubber. 
D)  tea, silk, and porcelain. 
E)  ivory and rayon.

Question 6

The Sepoy Rebellion was one of several successful resistance efforts against European colonialism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In his famous poem "The White Man's Burden," Rudyard Kipling expressed the idea that whites

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A)  greatly suffered from the cruelty of African native tribes when they were captured. 
B)  were never really recompensed for the loss of their colonies after the end of colonialism. 
C)  were more susceptible to native African diseases and therefore experienced greater mortality. 
D)  carried the economic cost of infrastructure development in their former colonies. 
E)  had a moral responsibility to lift Africans from a state of lower societal development. 
A)  greatly suffered from the cruelty of African native tribes when they were captured. 
B)  were never really recompensed for the loss of their colonies after the end of colonialism. 
C)  were more susceptible to native African diseases and therefore experienced greater mortality. 
D)  carried the economic cost of infrastructure development in their former colonies. 
E)  had a moral responsibility to lift Africans from a state of lower societal development.

Question 8

One of the worst incidents of the Middle Passage happened at

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A)  the ports of Liberia. 
B)  Barbados. 
C)  Taino. 
D)  Caffard Cove. 
E)  the Bahamas. 
A)  the ports of Liberia. 
B)  Barbados. 
C)  Taino. 
D)  Caffard Cove. 
E)  the Bahamas.

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
anticolonialism

Accepted Answer

Anticolonialism refers to a political an

Question 10

By 1900, the seizure of what region was included in the Indochinese Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  Algeria 
B)  Thailand 
C)  Cambodia 
D)  the Sumatra archipelago 
E)  Burma 
A)  Algeria 
B)  Thailand 
C)  Cambodia 
D)  the Sumatra archipelago 
E)  Burma

Question 11

Proof of its lack of racist attitudes, ____ colonial policies permitted Africans to run for office and serve in that country's assembly.

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A)  the United States' 
B)  England's 
C)  France's 
D)  Germany's 
E)  Italy's 
A)  the United States' 
B)  England's 
C)  France's 
D)  Germany's 
E)  Italy's

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Liberia

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Liberia...

Question 13

The Boer War

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A)  was caused by German refusal to stop arming the Boers. 
B)  was the result of the discovery of gold and diamonds in the Boer Transvaal. 
C)  established East Africa as an independent nation. 
D)  settled all animosities between the British and the Afrikaners. 
E)  established the concept of majority rule in South Africa. 
A)  was caused by German refusal to stop arming the Boers. 
B)  was the result of the discovery of gold and diamonds in the Boer Transvaal. 
C)  established East Africa as an independent nation. 
D)  settled all animosities between the British and the Afrikaners. 
E)  established the concept of majority rule in South Africa.

Question 14

Quinine was used by Europeans to provide partial immunity from

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A)  sleeping sickness. 
B)  diphtheria. 
C)  scurvy. 
D)  cholera. 
E)  malaria. 
A)  sleeping sickness. 
B)  diphtheria. 
C)  scurvy. 
D)  cholera. 
E)  malaria.

Question 15

By combining the old Cape Colony and Natal with the Boer Republics in 1910, the British created the

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A)  Zambezi Federation. 
B)  Union of East Africa. 
C)  Union of North Africa. 
D)  Union of South Africa. 
E)  Union of West Africa. 
A)  Zambezi Federation. 
B)  Union of East Africa. 
C)  Union of North Africa. 
D)  Union of South Africa. 
E)  Union of West Africa.

Question 16

In the period known as ____, colonial governments saw their efforts in moral terms and put greater emphasis on improving social services and education.

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A)  new colonialism 
B)  high colonialism 
C)  associationalism 
D)  new nationalism 
E)  moral colonialism 
A)  new colonialism 
B)  high colonialism 
C)  associationalism 
D)  new nationalism 
E)  moral colonialism

Question 17

It can be said that the first stage in the development of modern nationalism is

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A)  the collapse of all tribal loyalties. 
B)  the complete assimilation of the ruling elite into the colonial infrastructure. 
C)  the breakdown of village hierarchical structures. 
D)  resistance to colonial conquest, often based on traditional cultural factors. 
E)  an abandonment of local languages in favor of the language of the colonial power. 
A)  the collapse of all tribal loyalties. 
B)  the complete assimilation of the ruling elite into the colonial infrastructure. 
C)  the breakdown of village hierarchical structures. 
D)  resistance to colonial conquest, often based on traditional cultural factors. 
E)  an abandonment of local languages in favor of the language of the colonial power.

Question 18

What was the general idea of Thomas Babington Macaulay's educational policy for Britain's Indian subjects?

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A)  We should produce a class that is Indian in blood and color but English in taste and intellect. 
B)  If you lift up the poor, they become better manual laborers. 
C)  Do not try to educate poor Indians, for it is an impossible task. 
D)  Education beyond the basics will serve to incite rebellion. 
E)  We need English-educated Indian soldiers to help us fight insurrection in Africa. 
A)  We should produce a class that is Indian in blood and color but English in taste and intellect. 
B)  If you lift up the poor, they become better manual laborers. 
C)  Do not try to educate poor Indians, for it is an impossible task. 
D)  Education beyond the basics will serve to incite rebellion. 
E)  We need English-educated Indian soldiers to help us fight insurrection in Africa.

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
clitoridectomy

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
clitoridectomy...

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Sierra Leone, Senegal, and the Gold Coast

Accepted Answer

The terms Sierra Leone, Senegal, and the

Exam 21: The High Tide of Imperialism

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). matrilineal

Which of these cities became a major colonial manufacturing center?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Japan, Thailand, Afghanistan, Persia, and Ethiopia

Among the first British colonies in West Africa was

"New" products that European nations sought to obtain from colonies in Africa and Asia in the nineteenth century included

The Sepoy Rebellion was one of several successful resistance efforts against European colonialism.

In his famous poem "The White Man's Burden," Rudyard Kipling expressed the idea that whites

One of the worst incidents of the Middle Passage happened at

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). anticolonialism

By 1900, the seizure of what region was included in the Indochinese Union?

Proof of its lack of racist attitudes, ____ colonial policies permitted Africans to run for office and serve in that country's assembly.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Liberia

The Boer War

Quinine was used by Europeans to provide partial immunity from

By combining the old Cape Colony and Natal with the Boer Republics in 1910, the British created the

In the period known as ____, colonial governments saw their efforts in moral terms and put greater emphasis on improving social services and education.

It can be said that the first stage in the development of modern nationalism is

What was the general idea of Thomas Babington Macaulay's educational policy for Britain's Indian subjects?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). clitoridectomy

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Sierra Leone, Senegal, and the Gold Coast

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