Exam 13: Imperialism and Colonialism, 1870-1914

Although Britain traded with China for luxury goods such as opium,silk,porcelain,and art objects,it was the tea trade that heightened conflicts between the two nations in the early nineteenth century.

The Afrikaners,or Boers,were European settlers from:

Although the slave trade was outlawed in British and French colonies,new systems of forced labor cropped up to take their place.

Private investors,such as Cecil Rhodes,played just as large a part in the partitioning of Africa as did individual countries.

The Boxer Rebellion resulted in:

The "civilizing mission" of the French:

In what ways did the early nineteenth-century European empires differ from those established in the second half of the century?

The greatest problem faced by the French in their African colonies was:

The International Association for the Exploration and Civilization of the Congo:

Giving voice to the supposed "civilizing" aspect of the "new imperialism," Rudyard Kipling urged both the British and the Americans to:

Which scientist is incorrectly matched?

One cause for much concern by Europeans and colonial authorities dealt with:

David Livingstone's famous phrase "the white man's burden" referred to the European mission to civilize the globe.

The theory that human beings were composed of three races,the "black," "yellow," and "white," with the "white" being the superior race,was proposed in The Inequality of the Races by:

The opium market:

British success in India came primarily from the imposition of a single cultural society that forced English culture upon the Indians,sometimes by force.

By the end of the nineteenth century,the sole major independent kingdom in Africa was:

The Opium Wars began when:

Concentration camps were first used by the British during the:

The abuses of the Congo Free State were publicized by European writers such as Joseph Conrad in his book: