Chap 21 - Imperialism

Question 1

According to John A. Hobson, the primary motives behind Western imperialism were

a. social
b. religious
c. political
d. economic

Answer 1

d.economic

Question 2

According to the famous saying, “the sun never set” on the

a. French Empire
b. British Empire
c. British navy
d. French Republic

Answer 2

b.British Empire

Question 3

Which of the following was NOT a motivation in the European competition for colonies?

a. political neutrality
b. security concerns
c. economic interests
d. national prestige

Answer 3

a.political neutrality

Question 4

In 1819, a new colony was founded on the island of Singapore by the

a. British
b. Dutch
c. United States
d. French

Answer 4

a.British

Question 5

Which country did NOT include territories belonging to the Indochinese Union?

a. Vietnam
b. Cambodia
c. Thailand
d. Laos

Answer 5

c.Thailand

Question 6

Where did the British establish plantation settlements for ex-slaves?

a. Southern Africa
b. Nile valley
c. West Africa
d. East Africa

Answer 6

c.West Africa

Question 7

The entrepreneur who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal was

a. Ferdinand de Lesseps
b. Stamford Raffles
c. George Dewey
d. David Livingstone

Answer 7

a.Ferdinand de Lesseps

Question 8

Muhammad Ahmad was also known as the

a. Protector
b. Khedive
c. Mahdi
d. Viceroy

Answer 8

c.Mahdi

Question 9

Muhammad Ali was a reformer and modernizer of

a. Egypt
b. Kenya
c. Zanzibar
d. Algeria

Answer 9

a.Egypt

Question 10

The major shipping port on the east coast of Africa during the early nineteenth century was

a. Mozambique
b. Zanzibar
c. Senegal
d. Kilwa

Answer 10

b.Zanzibar

Question 11

The most renowned missionary in nineteenth-century east Africa was

a. Charles Gordon
b. Thomas Babington Macaulay
c. Florence Nightingale
d. David Livingstone

Answer 11

d.David Livingstone

Question 12

The South African Republic was also known as the

a. Orange Free State
b. Boer State
c. Transvaal
d. Afrikanerland

Answer 12

c.Transvaal

Question 13

What people did Shaka lead in wars against European encroachment in Southern Africa?

a. Afrikaners
b. Dutch
c. Boers
d. Zulus

Answer 13

d.Zulus

Question 14

According to David Livingstone, what were the “three Cs” of imperialism?

a. civilization, charity and compassion
b. Christianity, commerce and civilization
c. commerce, compassion and civilization
d. charity, Christianity and commerce
e. Christianity, compassion and charity

Answer 14

b.Christianity, commerce and civilization

Question 15

What disease does quinine help prevent?

a. bubonic plague
b. typhoid
c. influenza
d. malaria

Answer 15

d.malaria

Question 16

Otto von Bismarck convened the Berlin conference of 1884 in order to

a. plan future annexations of African territory
b. annex the colony of Tanganyika
c. dismantle African colonialism
d. claim vast territories in the Congo River basin

Answer 16

a.plan future annexations of African territory

Question 17

What resources were the cause of the Boer War?

a. land and slaves
b. sugar and cloves
c. silver and gold
d. gold and diamonds

Answer 17

d.gold and diamonds

Question 18

Which type of colonialism was most destructive to native traditions?

a. indirect and assimilation
b. direct and association
c. association
d. assimilation

Answer 18

d.assimilation

Question 19

Which concept was used to justify imperialism during the Victorian period?

a. social Darwinism
b. indirect colonialism
c. industrial evolution
d. direct colonialism

Answer 19

a.social Darwinism

Question 20

What was the immediate cause of the Sepoy Rebellion?

a. the Engield rifle
b. the export of Hindu troops
c. the suppression of the Mughal dynasty
d. the Gatling gun

Answer 20

a.the Engield rifle