AP World History Ch 24 Review – Flashcards
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The Zulu kingdom arose primarily from
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internal conflicts over grazing and farm lands
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The most powerful and most feared fighters in southern Africa were the
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Zulu
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The Zulu succeeded in creating a new
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national education system
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Why did the slave trade end?
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Slave revolts and humanitarian reform movements
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Who was David Livingstone?
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a Scottish missionary and explorer
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The consolidation of West African states, such as the Sokoto Caliphate, was inspired by
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Islam
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Ironically, the British were the world's greatest slave traders and later
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became the most aggressive suppressers of the slave trade
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Africans wanted European manufactured goods, so when the slave trade ended, Africans
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expanded their "legitimate" trade by developing new exports
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A significant difference in Ethiopian identification compared to other African nations was?
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It was predominantly Christian for 1500 years.
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Egyptian modernization was paid for by
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encouraging peasants to grow cotton for export
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Despite the fact that Egypt's modernization made it the strongest state in the Islamic world,
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Egypt fell into debt to Europe
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Emperor Tewodros II
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encouraged manufacture of weapons locally; held British officials captive, made British forces advance towards Ethiopia; committed suicide to avoid being taken prisoner
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After British slave emancipation in 1834, new plantation workers came from
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ALL OF THESE
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The underlying goal of British imperialism in the mid-nineteenth century was to
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promote British trade overseas
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What is the British raj?
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British rule of India
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Most indentured servants left their homes because they
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hoped to better their economic and social position
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Plantation workers served contracts of indenture that usually lasted
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5-7 years
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The migration of Afrikaners from British-ruled Cape Colony for fertile land in the north is called the
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Great Trek
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In 1870, the Indian railroad system was
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among the world's largest
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The deadliest disease in India was kala mari (black death), also known as
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cholera
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The changes in the wake of the sepoy rebellion included all of the following except:
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Reduction in financial obligation to the raj
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Sepoys were Indian troops who
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were hired and trained to protect European companies' warehouses
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Why was the Sepoy Rebellion a turning point in the history of India?
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India came to be ruled directly by the British government
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The Sepoy Rebellion in 1857 was sparked by
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the use of a new rifle cartridge
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The Indian Civil Service comprised mostly
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educated British administrators
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Recaptives
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Africans rescued by Britain's Royal Navy from the illegal slave trade of the nineteenth century and restored to free status.
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The most successful export from West Africa after abolition was
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palm oil
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The East India Company's right to rule India gained legitimacy after the
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victory at Bengal in 1765
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Although the East India Company was founded in 1600, the British gradually colonized India by
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defeating the French and picking apart the decaying Mughal Empire
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Eastern African states are referred to as "secondary empires" because they were
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not directly controlled by Europeans but were supplied with European weapons
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Progress in women's rights in India was made in all of the following forms?
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restricting child marriages. outlawing widow burning. revocation of laws prohibiting widows from remarrying. criminalizing female infanticide.
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The Indian National Congress initially sought more rights for Indians
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by promoting ethnic and religious unity
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The first reformer to advocate Pan-Indian nationalism was
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Rammohun Roy
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The EIC transformed the Indian economy by
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expanding agricultural production and decreasing industrial output
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Which of the following was not one method used by Muhammad Ali to modernize Egypt?
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by encouraging farmers to grow crops to prevent starvation
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The Bombay Presidency was territory was territory taken over by the East Indian Company after defeating the __________.
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Maratha Confederation
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Muhammad Ali's creation of modern Egypt was shaped by the shock of
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Napoleon's occupation of Egypt
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The largest state in West Africa since the fall of Songhai was the:
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Sokoto Caliphate
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The Nguni peoples of southeastern Africa traditionally had pursued a life based on
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cattle and agriculture
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Internal pressures in Africa between 1750 and 1870 resulted in
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the creation of new states
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The kingdoms of Lesotho and Swazi were created
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by attracting refugees from Zulu raids
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By the 1840's Ethiopian leaders made _________ a top priority.
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the purchase of European weapons and local production of weapons
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The French invasion of Algeria was originally a result of
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a dispute over the French government not repaying Algerian loans
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In addition to military intrusion into Africa, European explorers were peacefully
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ALL OF THESE
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The spread of Western cultural influences in West Africa was due in large part to
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mission churches and schools in Sierra Leone and Liberia
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In order to expand their trade and profits in India, British, French and Dutch "company men"
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fought and bargained to get Indian permission for trading posts
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The central British reform in India before 1850 aimed to
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create a powerful and efficient government
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Despite the expansion of Indian trade,
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NONE OF THESE
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The Dutch turned their colonies over to Britain after
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the French armies occupied the Netherlands
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Cape Colony was initially important to the British because it
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was a supply station for the lengthy India route
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The former British North American colonies and Australia were similar in that
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British colonists displaced indigenous peoples in both places
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The first British settlers in Australia were
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exiled convicts
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By encouraging self government in the South Pacific settler colonies, Britain
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ALL OF THESE