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What is a major goal of both the Sepoy Rebellion and Boxer Rebellion?
a) Remove foreign influences
b) Restore democratic government
c) Improve access to civil service exams
d) Outlaw caste systems

Which statement best reflects an effect of imperialism in Africa?
a) Land was distributed equally between social classes
b) Territorial divisions were established using tribal boundaries
c) Natural resources were exploited for the benefit of European powers
d) Timbuktu became the center of great learning

What is one major reason European countries engaged in imperialism in the late 19th century?
a) To gain a better understanding of unknown territories
b) To ease tensions with their rivals
c) To develop treatments for diseases
d) To obtain markets for their manufactured goods

Why was the Berlin Conference of 1884 significant?
a) It promoted Belgium as a world power
b) It established rules for European imperialism of Africa
c) It called for war against England
d) It ensured ethnic harmony in the Middle East

What was one reason the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain?
a) The practice of feudalism in Great Britain provided lots of workers
b) Abundant natural resources were available in Great Britain
c) Great Britain had alliances with most European countries
d) The government of Great Britain implemented a series of five year plans

What were the Sepoy Rebellion and the Boxer Rebellion an effect of?
a) Religious divisions
b) Ethnic rivalries
c) Urban development
d) European imperialism

What was the primary purpose of the Suez and Panama Canals?
a) Control immigration to the colonies
b) Limit the slave trade
c) Expand irrigation systems
d) Decrease the distance of trade routes

What was a major reason European nations competed for control of Africa during the late 1800s?
a) Slave labor was needed in the Americas
b) African nations offered religious and political freedom
c) Africa had a wealth of natural resources
d) Europeans needed land for their excess population

Which geographic feature aided in the industrialization of Great Britain?
a) Good harbors
b) Large forests
c) Highland climate
d) Monsoon winds

Which of the following is true of the Treaty of Nanjing?
a) It demonstrated humanitarian ideas that accompanied Christian missionaries
b) It showed the importance of technology in developing strong economies
c) It demonstrated unequal relationships that characterized imperialism
d) It showed the changing roles of men and women associated with modernization

Which area of the world was most directly affected by the decisions made at the Berlin Conference?
a) Africa
b) China
c) India
d) South America

Which description of trade is most accurate between Africa and Europe in the late 1800s?
a) Rivers were the key highways connecting Europeans to much of the African interior
b) Trans-Saharan trade caravans led by Europeans were the most profitable
c) South Africa was of no interest to European traders
d) Raw materials were shipped from Africa to European factories

Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain in the 1700s?
a) Britain possessed key natural resources
b) Britain excluded foreign investment
c) Britain suppressed creativity and invention
d) Britain required a fair wage to be paid to workers

What social change occurred during the Industrial Revolution?
a) Development of the extended family
b) Growth of the working and middle class
c) Expansion of privileges for landed nobility
d) Withdrawal from the world market

Which pair of natural resources were used to change transportation and manufacturing in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution?
a) Gold and salt
b) Diamonds and petroleum
c) Copper and tin
d) Coal and iron ore

What was a result of the Industrial Revolution in Europe?
a) The growth of the middle class
b) An increase in nomadic herding
c) A decline in the urban population
d) A decrease in international trade

What is one reason the Suez Canal in Egypt was of strategic importance to imperialist nations?
a) Allowed for faster movement between the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean
b) Enabled Europeans to explore the Western hemisphere
c) Made it easier for Russia to gain control of Afghanistan
d) Provided the Austro-Hungarian Empire with access to its colonies in South Asia

Much of which area of the world came under European colonial control in the late 1800s?
a) Japan
b) Middle East
c) Africa
d) Latin America

What is a similarity between the Sepoy Rebellion in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China?
a) Both were attempts to remove foreign influence
b) Both were movements to establish communist governments
c) Both were efforts to restore trade monopolies
d) Both were struggles to westernize cultures

Which cultures fought with the Zulus in the late 1800s over control of land in South Africa?
a) German and French
b) Indian and Belgian
c) British and Boer
d) Ethiopian and Italian

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