Ch33

Question 0

The Suez Canal was essential for

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British control over India

Question 1

Cecil Rhodes was

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A leading British imperialist who founded a colony in Africa.

Question 2

The battle of Omdurman

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opened the door for British colonial rule in Sudan.

Question 3

The most important figures in the uprising in 1857 in India were

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disgruntled sepoy troops

Question 4

1824, Thomas Stamford Raffles founded the port of

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Singapore

Question 5

Between 1859 and 1893, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos all fell under the control of

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France

Question 6

The Congo Free State was established in the 1870s by

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Belgium

Question 7

The Berlin Conference

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devised the ground rules for the European colonization of Africa.

Question 8

The Boers were

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Dutch settlers in South Africa.

Question 9

“Concessionary companies” refers to a system of colonial rule that employed

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private companies granted territory and control over taxation and labor for mining, construction, or agricultural projects.

Question 10

In 1770, Captain James Cook anchored his fleet at Botany Bay, near what modern city?

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Sydney

Question 11

Which matching of imperial power and colony is NOT correct?

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US and Fiji

Question 12

After the overthrow of Queen Lili`uokalani in 1893, the United States took over

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Hawaii

Question 13

The Monroe Doctrine

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worked as a justification for U.S. intervention in western hemispheric affairs.

Question 14

The United States occupied Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines after its victory in

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Spanish-Cuban-American War.

Question 15

The Roosevelt Corollary strengthened U.S. military and economic claims in which area of the world?

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territories lying in the western hemisphere to the south of the United States

Question 16

Under British control, Ceylon became a major producer of

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Tea

Question 17

In the nineteenth century, the majority of indentured laborers came from

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India

Question 18

The Maji Maji rebellion occurred in

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Tanganyika against the Germans.

Question 19

The social Darwinists believed that

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powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies.