Ch 11 (The Age Of Imperialism) Set 3 Question Preview (ID: 17446)

a) It was the most valuable of all of Britain's colonies.

b) It had a vast supply of diamonds, rubies, and sapphires.

c) The sepoys were a perfect model of successful imperialism.

d) The success of India's self-sufficient economy strengthened Britain.

a) He campaigned for a national railway system that would link India with Bengal.

b) He called for an end to traditional practices such as arranged child marriages.

c) He believed that Hindus and Muslims needed to join economic forces.

d) He led the Sepoy Mutiny against the East India Company.

a) because Europe had already conquered Africa and South America

b) because Pacific Rim lands were considered the jewel in the crown

c) because of their natural resources and strategic location

d) because Western nations had lost their foothold in Africa

a) to escape the Zulu

b) to escape the British

c) to escape the Dutch

d) to escape the Afrikaners

a) East Africans lost faith in their spiritual leader moments before the battle began.

b) German reinforcements arrived as the East Africans were about to win.

c) Internal conflict divided East African leaders.

d) East Africans erroneously believed that magic water would protect them from bullets.

a) The Igbo and Yoruba were forced to give up their lands to Hausa-Fulani leaders.

b) Unlike the Igbo and Yoruba, the Hausa-Fulani were allowed to keep their chiefs.

c) The Hausa-Fulani were accustomed to a strong central government.

d) The Igbo and Yoruba were no longer allowed to keep their nomadic ways.

a) It would improve trade with Pacific Rim countries.

b) Sugar could be sold for higher profits.

c) They wanted U.S. military support against Hawaiian royalty.

d) They feared that French Indochina might conquer Hawaii.

a) France traded control of the Suez Canal to England in exchange for control of Nigeria.

b) Muhammad Ali considered maintaining its security against Menelik's Ethiopia a burden.

c) Due to Muhammad Ali's public works projects, Egypt was unable to repay British bankers.

d) The British freed the Egyptians from French occupation under Napoleon.

a) She levied a tax on sugar.

b) She wanted to restore the political power of the native Hawaiians.

c) She launched a surprise attack on their ships anchored in Pearl Harbor.

d) She passed laws restricting the ability of non-native Hawaiians to own property or vote in Hawaiian elections.

a) sugar-cane planters

b) railroad builders

c) religious missionaries

d) shipbuilders

a) Siam

b) Singapore

c) Malaysia

d) Hawaii

a) Muhammad Ali

b) Emilio Aguinaldo

c) Mongkut

d) Shaka

a) Russia

b) France

c) Britain

d) the Ottoman Empire

a) Belgium's King Leopold II lost the Congo.

b) Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany lost Swaziland.

c) Britain's Queen Victoria lost South Africa.

d) Francesco Crispi of Italy lost Ethiopia.