Question 1

What are chartered companies? What was their role in imperial expansion?

Accepted Answer

A chartered company was a private compan

Question 2

The word "imperialism" refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  the territorial conquest, occupation, and direct control of one country by another. 
B)  the exploration of one country's territory by another country. 
C)  a historical phenomenon describing governing relations between a colonial country and its colonies. 
D)  a political movement within the territories that sought to oppose the occupying country. 
E)  the era of European expansion and the creation of empires of trade that began in the sixteenth century 
A)  the territorial conquest, occupation, and direct control of one country by another. 
B)  the exploration of one country's territory by another country. 
C)  a historical phenomenon describing governing relations between a colonial country and its colonies. 
D)  a political movement within the territories that sought to oppose the occupying country. 
E)  the era of European expansion and the creation of empires of trade that began in the sixteenth century

Question 3

After World War II, economic development programs were used by colonial powers to do what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reconcile past injustices 
B)  Improve the overall economic well-being of colonies 
C)  Curb nationalist sentiments 
D)  Improve communication and transportation networks in the colonies 
E)  Learn about Indigenous cultures 
A)  Reconcile past injustices 
B)  Improve the overall economic well-being of colonies 
C)  Curb nationalist sentiments 
D)  Improve communication and transportation networks in the colonies 
E)  Learn about Indigenous cultures

Question 4

Many experts argue that economic motives during the Industrial Revolution initiated the period of "high imperialism."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

How did colonization affect people in colonized societies differently?

Accepted Answer

Colonial rule did not affect all coloniz

Question 6

The strategy of "indirect rule" is associated with British colonization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

India was the first colony to gain independence from a European power in 1947.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true of colonialism?

Accepted Answer

A)  It involved the equal sharing of ideas between countries. 
B)  It affected all colonized people in the same ways. 
C)  It created new tensions, or worsened existing ones, in colonized societies by benefiting some groups over others. 
D)  It came to an end mostly as a result of non-violent means. 
E)  It was mostly a religiously-motivated phenomenon. 
A)  It involved the equal sharing of ideas between countries. 
B)  It affected all colonized people in the same ways. 
C)  It created new tensions, or worsened existing ones, in colonized societies by benefiting some groups over others. 
D)  It came to an end mostly as a result of non-violent means. 
E)  It was mostly a religiously-motivated phenomenon.

Question 9

Colonialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century exploited "cleavages" within African societies. By cleavages we refer to:

Accepted Answer

A)  New transport technologies like flat bottomed boats that were able to probe deeper into the African hinterland 
B)  New methods in missionary work that helped convert Africans from their traditional beliefs to Christianity 
C)  Already existing tensions within and between African societies especially in the areas of religion, language, ethnicity, race, and class 
D)  None of the above 
E)  All of the above 
A)  New transport technologies like flat bottomed boats that were able to probe deeper into the African hinterland 
B)  New methods in missionary work that helped convert Africans from their traditional beliefs to Christianity 
C)  Already existing tensions within and between African societies especially in the areas of religion, language, ethnicity, race, and class 
D)  None of the above 
E)  All of the above

Question 10

Regardless of the type, colonial rule was backed by violence or the threat of violence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

How was the English East India Company able to gain so much power in India?

Accepted Answer

The English East India Company's immense

Question 12

Whose research was misapplied to human society in an effort to justify colonialism as a moral obligation to transform "inferior" societies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Darwin 
B)  Freud 
C)  Marx 
D)  Malthus 
E)  Huxley 
A)  Darwin 
B)  Freud 
C)  Marx 
D)  Malthus 
E)  Huxley

Question 13

How did the "Scramble for Africa" cause rivalries of all sort?

Accepted Answer

The political and economic topography of

Question 14

What was the effect of the Cold War on colonialism?

Accepted Answer

The colonial order quickly unravelled: I

Question 15

How did a move towards economic development in colonial territories change the face of colonialism?

Accepted Answer

Part of the colonial response to such ac

Question 16

How did World War II lead to awareness on the part of Indigenous groups of the "right to self-determination"?

Accepted Answer

World War II, a war in which Africans fo

Question 17

Which of the following was NOT a private company involved in the European colonialism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dutch West India Company 
B)  Royal Niger Company 
C)  Imperial British West Africa Company 
D)  German East Africa Company 
E)  English East India Company 
A)  Dutch West India Company 
B)  Royal Niger Company 
C)  Imperial British West Africa Company 
D)  German East Africa Company 
E)  English East India Company

Question 18

How did European faith in essential cultural differences influence colonialism?

Accepted Answer

European belief in their cultural superi

Question 19

What was arguably the most powerful chartered company in the British Empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  English East India Company 
B)  English West India Company 
C)  Hudson's Bay Company 
D)  British South Africa Company 
E)  Royal Niger Company 
A)  English East India Company 
B)  English West India Company 
C)  Hudson's Bay Company 
D)  British South Africa Company 
E)  Royal Niger Company

Question 20

European colonizers did NOT try to replicate in Africa the indirect-rule model used in South Asia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Imperialism and the Colonial Experience

What are chartered companies? What was their role in imperial expansion?

The word "imperialism" refers to:

After World War II, economic development programs were used by colonial powers to do what?

Many experts argue that economic motives during the Industrial Revolution initiated the period of "high imperialism."

How did colonization affect people in colonized societies differently?

The strategy of "indirect rule" is associated with British colonization.

India was the first colony to gain independence from a European power in 1947.

Which of the following statements is true of colonialism?

Colonialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century exploited "cleavages" within African societies. By cleavages we refer to:

Regardless of the type, colonial rule was backed by violence or the threat of violence.

How was the English East India Company able to gain so much power in India?

Whose research was misapplied to human society in an effort to justify colonialism as a moral obligation to transform "inferior" societies?

How did the "Scramble for Africa" cause rivalries of all sort?

What was the effect of the Cold War on colonialism?

How did a move towards economic development in colonial territories change the face of colonialism?

How did World War II lead to awareness on the part of Indigenous groups of the "right to self-determination"?

Which of the following was NOT a private company involved in the European colonialism?

How did European faith in essential cultural differences influence colonialism?

What was arguably the most powerful chartered company in the British Empire?

European colonizers did NOT try to replicate in Africa the indirect-rule model used in South Asia.

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