Quiz 21 Flashcards
Which of the following was NOT among the harmful effects of British rule in India?
The best jobs and housing were reserved for Britons.
British manufactured goods destroyed the Indian cotton industry.
Thousands of Indian women lost their manufacturing jobs in the face of British imports.
Indians starved as a result of the shift to cotton production.
British manufactured goods destroyed the Indian cotton industry.
In the new phase of Western expansion during the nineteenth-century, European nations began to view Asian and African societies as __________
markets for industrial raw materials.
markets for Western gold and silver.
sources for spices, tea, and silk.
markets for Western manufactured goods.
markets for Western manufactured goods.
Resistance to colonial rule in Southeast Asia took all of the following forms EXCEPT __________
sit-down strikes and other means of passive resistance.
peasant revolts.
westernized intellectuals focusing on nationalism.
monarchs fighting colonial rule directly.
sit-down strikes and other means of passive resistance.
Latin America’s creoles were __________
Latin Americans of Indian descent.
Latin Americans of mixed European and Indian descent.
Spanish officers in the Americas.
descendants of Europeans.
descendants of Europeans.
The desire to end colonial rule was motivated by native African resentment toward all of the following EXCEPT __________
terrible jobs in foreign-run plantations and factories.
the loss of farmlands to the colonial powers.
Western cultural influences.
the demeaning and discriminatory treatment of native Africans.
Western cultural influences.
To incorporate territory into an existing political unit, such as a city or country, is ____________________.
abstract expressionism annexation direct rule sepoy indirect rule cubism modernism imperialism impressionism
annexation
In the mid-nineteenth century, __________ remained the basis of wealth and power in Latin America.
exporting
land ownership
ties to foreign powers
manufacturing
land ownership
Mohandas Gandhi called for __________
the Indian National Congress to lead the campaign for Indian independence.
Indians to oppose British rule through violence.
Indians to share in the governing process.
Indians to use nonviolent resistance to win their independence.
Indians to use nonviolent resistance to win their independence.
Indian soldiers hired by the British East India Company to protect the company’s interests in the region are ______________.
viceroys indigenous proletariats mercenarries creoles ulema sepoys protectorates
sepoys
Great Britain saw the Suez Canal primarily as __________
a way to protect its interests in Egypt.
a way to protect its interests in the Mediterranean.
its main way to access its African colonies.
its lifeline to India.
its lifeline to India.
All of the following contributed to the failure of the Sepoy Mutiny EXCEPT __________
the numerical superiority of the British troops.
rivalries between Hindus and Muslims.
lack of organization among the Indian troops.
the British loyalties of some Indian troops.
the numerical superiority of the British troops.
The European presence in Africa grew most rapidly in __________, where indigenous people in some areas where put on reservations.
Egypt
Congo
Liberia
South Africa
South Africa
The extension of a nation’s power over other lands is __________________.
abolitionism progressivism modernism imperialism liberalism totalitarianism conservatism romanticism
imperialism
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.
textiles
finished consumer goods
steel
raw materials and foodstuffs
raw materials and foodstuffs
__________ was one of two men who led efforts to oust the Spanish throughout Latin America.
Simón Bolívar
Miguel Hidalgo
Benito Juárez
François-Dominique Toussaint-Louverture
Simón Bolívar
