Question 1

The Government of India Act in 1858 ________.

Accepted Answer

A) increased the authority of native rulers 
B) improved the sepoys' wages and working conditions 
C) transferred political authority from the East India Company to the British Crown 
D) transferred political authority from the East India Company to India 
A) increased the authority of native rulers 
B) improved the sepoys' wages and working conditions 
C) transferred political authority from the East India Company to the British Crown 
D) transferred political authority from the East India Company to India C

Question 2

The single most important weapon in colonial warfare by 1900 was ________.

Accepted Answer

A) the machine gun 
B) the tank 
C) the bayonet 
D) European diseases 
A) the machine gun 
B) the tank 
C) the bayonet 
D) European diseases A

Question 3

British and Russian rivalry over Central Asia ended with ________.

Accepted Answer

the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907

Question 4

Why did the tsars extend Russia's power and influence over central and eastern Asia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? How successful were they in doing so,and why?

Accepted Answer

The tsars extended Russia's power and in

Question 5

Which of the following statements about Indians' views of British rule during the 1880s is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Most Indians welcomed and supported British rule. 
B) Most Indians resisted British rule and considered it oppressive 
C) Increasing discontent led to calls for liberalizing British policies. 
D) Hindu and Muslim groups called for the formation of independent Hindu and Muslim states. 
A) Most Indians welcomed and supported British rule. 
B) Most Indians resisted British rule and considered it oppressive 
C) Increasing discontent led to calls for liberalizing British policies. 
D) Hindu and Muslim groups called for the formation of independent Hindu and Muslim states.

Question 6

Indian Hindus organized the ________ in 1885 with the goals of modernizing Indian life and liberalizing British policy.

Accepted Answer

Indian Nat

Question 7

In 1898,British- and French-led forces encountered each other at the outpost of ________,but did not decisively engage each other.

Accepted Answer

A) Omdurman 
B) Lagos 
C) Aduwa 
D) Fashoda 
A) Omdurman 
B) Lagos 
C) Aduwa 
D) Fashoda

Question 8

The church founded by David Brown Vincent exemplifies which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) African rejection of Christian churches. 
B) Devolution of church leadership to homegrown leaders. 
C) The failure of European Christian churches in Africa. 
D) The ascendancy of Islam in northern Africa. 
A) African rejection of Christian churches. 
B) Devolution of church leadership to homegrown leaders. 
C) The failure of European Christian churches in Africa. 
D) The ascendancy of Islam in northern Africa.

Question 9

Anthropologists in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries did which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) They viewed non-Western peoples as roughly the same as Westerners in intelligence. 
B) They sought to create new universities in non-Western societies to support research. 
C) They pointed out similar folkways between Western and non-Western societies. 
D) They created zoo-like "native villages" for people in Europe and America. 
A) They viewed non-Western peoples as roughly the same as Westerners in intelligence. 
B) They sought to create new universities in non-Western societies to support research. 
C) They pointed out similar folkways between Western and non-Western societies. 
D) They created zoo-like "native villages" for people in Europe and America.

Question 10

Missionaries were most active in providing ________ to non-Westerners.

Accepted Answer

A) education 
B) economic development 
C) health care 
D) community development 
A) education 
B) economic development 
C) health care 
D) community development

Question 11

An arrangement in which a Western nation received special commercial and legal privileges in a non-Western region,city,or territory without direct political involvement is known as a ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of An arrangement in which a Western nation...

Question 12

U.S.support for Cuba's revolt led to the ________.

Accepted Answer

Spanish-Am

Question 13

Botanists played a profound role in which of the following imperial ventures?

Accepted Answer

A) They transformed local crop production to serve the needs of the empires' home countries. 
B) They served as spokesmen for the idea that empires helped bring progress. 
C) They introduced Asian crops into Europe,replacing the crops of the 1700s. 
D) They collected exotic species of the non-Western world and exhibited them to domestic audiences. 
A) They transformed local crop production to serve the needs of the empires' home countries. 
B) They served as spokesmen for the idea that empires helped bring progress. 
C) They introduced Asian crops into Europe,replacing the crops of the 1700s. 
D) They collected exotic species of the non-Western world and exhibited them to domestic audiences.

Question 14

To preserve their political power and economic privileges,the white elite of South Africa eventually enforced a policy of racial ________,or "separateness."

Accepted Answer

The answer of To preserve their political power and economic...

Question 15

Power vacuums created by the decay of the ________ led to many of the territorial acquisitions associated with the New Imperialism.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Power vacuums created by the decay of...

Question 16

What was "gunboat diplomacy"?

Accepted Answer

A) iron warships that used force to conquer areas and allow access by European merchants 
B) iron warships that used their presence to ensure the cooperation of local rulers with European merchants 
C) negotiations between European merchants and local rulers that took place on warships 
D) naval fleets of European powers that engaged in warfare with other European powers 
A) iron warships that used force to conquer areas and allow access by European merchants 
B) iron warships that used their presence to ensure the cooperation of local rulers with European merchants 
C) negotiations between European merchants and local rulers that took place on warships 
D) naval fleets of European powers that engaged in warfare with other European powers

Question 17

India was formally ruled by which of the following until 1857?

Accepted Answer

A) small local rulers of independent states 
B) the Mughal emperor 
C) the East India Company 
D) the British crown 
A) small local rulers of independent states 
B) the Mughal emperor 
C) the East India Company 
D) the British crown

Question 18

The most extensive resistance to European imperial power in the nineteenth century,the ________,broke out against British rule in India in 1857.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The most extensive resistance to European imperial...

Question 19

Japan became a major imperial power in Asia in 1895 after defeating ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Japan became a major imperial power in...

Question 20

The Opium Wars were a conflict between Britain's desire to sell a product in China and China's opposition to ________.

Accepted Answer

A) British trade policies 
B) Indian goods being sold in China 
C) Britain's dominance in foreign markets 
D) the import of an addictive product,opium 
A) British trade policies 
B) Indian goods being sold in China 
C) Britain's dominance in foreign markets 
D) the import of an addictive product,opium

Exam 25: The Age of Western Imperialism

The Government of India Act in 1858 ________.

The single most important weapon in colonial warfare by 1900 was ________.

British and Russian rivalry over Central Asia ended with ________.

Why did the tsars extend Russia's power and influence over central and eastern Asia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? How successful were they in doing so,and why?

Which of the following statements about Indians' views of British rule during the 1880s is true?

Indian Hindus organized the ________ in 1885 with the goals of modernizing Indian life and liberalizing British policy.

In 1898,British- and French-led forces encountered each other at the outpost of ________,but did not decisively engage each other.

The church founded by David Brown Vincent exemplifies which of these?

Anthropologists in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries did which of the following?

Missionaries were most active in providing ________ to non-Westerners.

An arrangement in which a Western nation received special commercial and legal privileges in a non-Western region,city,or territory without direct political involvement is known as a ________.

U.S.support for Cuba's revolt led to the ________.

Botanists played a profound role in which of the following imperial ventures?

To preserve their political power and economic privileges,the white elite of South Africa eventually enforced a policy of racial ________,or "separateness."

Power vacuums created by the decay of the ________ led to many of the territorial acquisitions associated with the New Imperialism.

What was "gunboat diplomacy"?

India was formally ruled by which of the following until 1857?

The most extensive resistance to European imperial power in the nineteenth century,the ________,broke out against British rule in India in 1857.

Japan became a major imperial power in Asia in 1895 after defeating ________.

The Opium Wars were a conflict between Britain's desire to sell a product in China and China's opposition to ________.

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Rome: From Republic to Empire

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Medieval Society: Hierarchies, towns, universities, and Families (1000-1300)

The Late Middle Ages: Social and Political Breakdown (1300-1453)

Renaissance and Discovery

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European State Consolidation in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

New Directions in Thought and Culture in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

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The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth-Century Thought

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Economic Advance and Social Unrest (1830-1850)

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The Building of European Supremacy: Society and Politics to World War I

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Alliances, War, and a Troubled Peace

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