Glencoe World History: Modern Times

Chapter 14: The Height of Imperialism, 1800–1914

The Height of Imperialism, 1800-1914

1
In the new phase of Western expansion during the nineteenth-century, European nations began to view Asian and African societies as __________
A)markets for Western gold and silver.
B)sources for spices, tea, and silk.
C)markets for industrial raw materials.
D)markets for Western manufactured goods.
2
While in earlier periods of imperialism the goals of Westerners were limited, in the “new imperialism” of the nineteenth century they __________
A)remained limited to trading posts.
B)changed to direct control over vast territories.
C)focused mainly on missionary activities.
D)changed to teaching democratic principles in the colonies.
3
Resistance to colonial rule in Southeast Asia took all of the following forms EXCEPT __________
A)monarchs fighting colonial rule directly.
B)peasant revolts.
C)westernized intellectuals focusing on nationalism.
D)sit-down strikes and other means of passive resistance.
4
Great Britain saw the Suez Canal primarily as __________
A)its main way to access its African colonies.
B)its lifeline to India.
C)a way to protect its interests in the Mediterranean.
D)a way to protect its interests in Egypt.
5
The European presence in Africa grew most rapidly in __________, were indigenous people in some areas were put on reservations.
A)Egypt
B)Congo
C)South Africa
D)Liberia
6
By 1914 all of the following countries EXCEPT __________ had divided up almost all of Africa.
A)Great Britain
B)Belgium
C)the United States
D)Germany
7
The desire to end colonial rule was motivated by native African resentment toward all of the following EXCEPT __________
A)Western cultural influences.
B)terrible jobs in foreign-run plantations and factories.
C)the loss of farmlands to the colonial powers.
D)the demeaning and discriminatory treatment of native Africans.
8
All of the following contributed to the failure of the Sepoy Mutiny EXCEPT __________
A)lack of organization among the Indian troops.
B)the numerical superiority of the British troops.
C)rivalries between Hindus and Muslims.
D)the British loyalties of some Indian troops.
9
Which of the following was NOT among the harmful effects of British rule in India?
A)Thousands of Indian women lost their manufacturing jobs in the face of British imports.
B)Indians starved as a result of the shift to cotton production.
C)The best jobs and housing were reserved for Britons.
D)British manufactured goods destroyed the Indian cotton industry.
10
Mohandas Gandhi called for __________
A)Indians to share in the governing process.
B)Indians to oppose British rule through violence.
C)Indians to use nonviolent resistance to win their independence.
D)the Indian National Congress to lead the campaign for Indian independence.
11
Latin America’s creoles were __________
A)descendants of Europeans.
B)Latin Americans of Indian descent.
C)Spanish officers in the Americas.
D)Latin Americans of mixed European and Indian descent.
12
__________ was one of two men who led efforts to oust the Spanish throughout Latin America.
A)François-Dominique Toussaint-Louverture
B)Simón Bolívar
C)Benito Juárez
D)Miguel Hidalgo
13
Despite political independence, old trade patterns reemerged, with Latin America serving as a source of __________ for the industrial nations of Europe and the United States.
A)textiles
B)finished consumer goods
C)raw materials and foodstuffs
D)steel
14
In the mid-nineteenth century, __________ remained the basis of wealth and power in Latin America.
A)land ownership
B)exporting
C)manufacturing
D)ties to foreign powers
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