Question 1

The British Empire in the early nineteenth century sought to extend its power and influence primarily through which means?

Accepted Answer

A) conquering additional territory 
B) building railroads and canals 
C) defeating small Asian and African states 
D) promoting imperialism through free trade 
A) conquering additional territory 
B) building railroads and canals 
C) defeating small Asian and African states 
D) promoting imperialism through free trade

Question 2

What was Queen Victoria's role in India?

Accepted Answer

A) She was named the Empress of India in 1877. 
B) She owned the East India Company. 
C) She sponsored expeditions of Christian missionaries to India. 
D) She advised India princes who swore allegiance to the British Crown. 
A) She was named the Empress of India in 1877. 
B) She owned the East India Company. 
C) She sponsored expeditions of Christian missionaries to India. 
D) She advised India princes who swore allegiance to the British Crown.

Question 3

Which country annexed Korea in 1910?

Accepted Answer

A) China 
B) Japan 
C) Britain 
D) the United States 
A) China 
B) Japan 
C) Britain 
D) the United States

Question 4

Which French physician measured the skulls of human beings from different races and assigned them intellectual capacity on the basis of brain size?

Accepted Answer

A) Walter Reed 
B) Carlos Finley 
C) Paul Broca 
D) James Cook 
A) Walter Reed 
B) Carlos Finley 
C) Paul Broca 
D) James Cook

Question 5

How did major technological changes in the West help drive imperialism during the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Major technological changes in the West

Question 6

The theory of the multiple origins of the races of humankind was known as ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The theory of the multiple origins of...

Question 7

The period historians call the New Imperialism began in the ________.

Accepted Answer

A) 1810s 
B) 1840s 
C) 1870s 
D) 1910s 
A) 1810s 
B) 1840s 
C) 1870s 
D) 1910s

Question 8

The Boxer Rebellion ended when ________.

Accepted Answer

A) Chinese troops suppressed the Boxers 
B) the Boxers surrendered 
C) an international army occupied Beijing 
D) China and the Boxers signed a peace treaty 
A) Chinese troops suppressed the Boxers 
B) the Boxers surrendered 
C) an international army occupied Beijing 
D) China and the Boxers signed a peace treaty

Question 9

What ended the United States' passive role in foreign affairs?

Accepted Answer

A) Russian-British rivalry in Asia 
B) Cuba's revolt against Spain 
C) the Boxer Rebellion in China 
D) the sepoy mutiny in India 
A) Russian-British rivalry in Asia 
B) Cuba's revolt against Spain 
C) the Boxer Rebellion in China 
D) the sepoy mutiny in India

Question 10

Which of the following statements about British involvement in slavery and the slave trade is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Britain banned the slave trade in 1807 and abolished it in its own colonies in 1833-1834. 
B) Britain banned the slave trade and abolished it in its own colonies in 1833-1834. 
C) Britain banned the slave trade in 1807 but never abolished it in its own colonies. 
D) Britain did not participate in the slave trade but it allowed slavery in its own colonies until 1834. 
A) Britain banned the slave trade in 1807 and abolished it in its own colonies in 1833-1834. 
B) Britain banned the slave trade and abolished it in its own colonies in 1833-1834. 
C) Britain banned the slave trade in 1807 but never abolished it in its own colonies. 
D) Britain did not participate in the slave trade but it allowed slavery in its own colonies until 1834.

Question 11

The ________ closed the Americas to European colonization.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ________ closed the Americas to European...

Question 12

An arrangement in which a Western nation placed officials in a foreign state to oversee its government without formally assuming responsibility for its administration is known as a ________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

By 1823,one of the few areas where European rule remained in the Americas was ________.

Accepted Answer

A) Haiti 
B) some of the Caribbean islands 
C) Brazil 
D) the Saint Lawrence and Mississippi River Valleys 
A) Haiti 
B) some of the Caribbean islands 
C) Brazil 
D) the Saint Lawrence and Mississippi River Valleys

Question 14

How did British trade and imperial policies seek to benefit the home country? Compare and contrast several policies for ruling and controlling the empire,and explain how they furthered the empire's underlying goals.

Accepted Answer

British trade and imperial policies soug

Question 15

Laos and Cambodia became protectorates of ________ in the 1880s and 1890s.

Accepted Answer

A) France 
B) the United States 
C) China 
D) Japan 
A) France 
B) the United States 
C) China 
D) Japan

Question 16

Most of the empires of the New Imperialism ________.

Accepted Answer

A) were less enduring than those of the earlier European empires 
B) lasted less than a decade 
C) were located along the Atlantic Ocean 
D) involved a significant number of immigrants as settlers 
A) were less enduring than those of the earlier European empires 
B) lasted less than a decade 
C) were located along the Atlantic Ocean 
D) involved a significant number of immigrants as settlers

Question 17

Which of the following was an outcome of British imperial policies in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) war with China over forced importation of opium 
B) war against France over keeping China open for free trade 
C) establishment of a trade embargo against European goods 
D) restrictions on trade with the United States 
A) war with China over forced importation of opium 
B) war against France over keeping China open for free trade 
C) establishment of a trade embargo against European goods 
D) restrictions on trade with the United States

Question 18

Why did British economic thinkers advocate abandoning closed imperial systems in favor of free trade?

Accepted Answer

A) Britain's manufacturing capacity exceeded the demands of the population. 
B) Britain's manufacturing economy was dependent on foreign raw materials. 
C) Britain wanted more favorable trade agreements for its import of raw materials. 
D) Britain wanted to decrease its manufacturing costs. 
A) Britain's manufacturing capacity exceeded the demands of the population. 
B) Britain's manufacturing economy was dependent on foreign raw materials. 
C) Britain wanted more favorable trade agreements for its import of raw materials. 
D) Britain wanted to decrease its manufacturing costs.

Question 19

Russian expansion into which region came at the expense of the Ottoman Empire and Persia?

Accepted Answer

A) the Transcaucasus 
B) the Far East 
C) Central Asia 
D) southern Middle Asia 
A) the Transcaucasus 
B) the Far East 
C) Central Asia 
D) southern Middle Asia

Question 20

Until the mid-nineteenth century,European colonists were largely confined to coastal outposts in Asia and Africa for which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A) Local groups violently resisted European colonizing power. 
B) Europeans were highly vulnerable to tropical diseases in these regions. 
C) Fighting among states in Europe drew attention away from colonizing enterprises. 
D) Steamboats and warships could not penetrate shallow riverbeds in Asia and Africa. 
A) Local groups violently resisted European colonizing power. 
B) Europeans were highly vulnerable to tropical diseases in these regions. 
C) Fighting among states in Europe drew attention away from colonizing enterprises. 
D) Steamboats and warships could not penetrate shallow riverbeds in Asia and Africa.

Exam 25: The Age of Western Imperialism

The British Empire in the early nineteenth century sought to extend its power and influence primarily through which means?

What was Queen Victoria's role in India?

Which country annexed Korea in 1910?

Which French physician measured the skulls of human beings from different races and assigned them intellectual capacity on the basis of brain size?

How did major technological changes in the West help drive imperialism during the nineteenth century?

The theory of the multiple origins of the races of humankind was known as ________.

The period historians call the New Imperialism began in the ________.

The Boxer Rebellion ended when ________.

What ended the United States' passive role in foreign affairs?

Which of the following statements about British involvement in slavery and the slave trade is true?

The ________ closed the Americas to European colonization.

An arrangement in which a Western nation placed officials in a foreign state to oversee its government without formally assuming responsibility for its administration is known as a ________.

By 1823,one of the few areas where European rule remained in the Americas was ________.

How did British trade and imperial policies seek to benefit the home country? Compare and contrast several policies for ruling and controlling the empire,and explain how they furthered the empire's underlying goals.

Laos and Cambodia became protectorates of ________ in the 1880s and 1890s.

Most of the empires of the New Imperialism ________.

Which of the following was an outcome of British imperial policies in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Why did British economic thinkers advocate abandoning closed imperial systems in favor of free trade?

Russian expansion into which region came at the expense of the Ottoman Empire and Persia?

Until the mid-nineteenth century,European colonists were largely confined to coastal outposts in Asia and Africa for which of the following reasons?

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