Quiz Ch. 18&19&20 – Flashcards
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IN the 19th century, European interest in expanding overseas markets was driven by a desire to
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sell surplus manufactured goods.
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Which of the following highlights the relationship between imperialism and nationalism
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colonies as symbols of "great power" status
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Which of the following was a consequence of the emphasis on cash-crop agriculture in European colonies?
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the vulnerability of African and Asian farmers to price fluctuations in the international market.
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Which of the following reflects a new element in European views of non-Europeans in the 19th century?
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The belief that the racial inferiority of non-Europeans could be scientifically proven.
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Which of the following reflects the effect of colonial rule in Africa on the lives of women?
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Women of impoverished families became heads of household in the absence of men
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Which of the following characterizes the response of most Asian and African societies in Europeans colonial rule in the 19th century?
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Accommodation for those who saw colonial rule as advantageous and resistance for those who viewed colonial rule as oppressive.
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How did colonial rule alter ways of working in Africa and Asia in the 19th century?
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More people worked on public projects for free
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Which of the following European colonial views shaped the development of African identity in the 19th century?
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The idea of a pan-African identity
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The colonization of New Zealand, Australia, and Hawaii during the 19th century was most similar to the colonization of
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North America in the 17th century
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What played a more important role in distinguishing rulers from their colonial subject in the imperialism of the 19th century than in earlier instances of imperialism?
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Race
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In the imperialism of the 19th century, how did the number of European settlers in African and Asian colonies generally affect the extent of racial segregation and discrimination?
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Colonies with a large Europeans settler population experienced more racial discrimination and racial segregation.
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The spread of Christianity in Africa was facilitated by its association with
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modern education
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in the 19th century, Europeans and Americans viewed imperialism as
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A "civilizing mission."
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How did Charles Darwin's ideas on evolution influence Western imperialism
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they were used to justify the displacement or destruction of "weak" races.
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How did the spread of Western education affect colonial society?
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It created a new elite who saw themselves as modernizing vanguard in the regeneration of their societies.
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Which of the following characterized the "scramble for Africa" that led to the partition of nearly all of Africa among European colonial powers?
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The peaceful negotiations among the competing European states over "who got what"
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In what respect were Ethiopia's and Siam's (Thailand) Europeans imperialism in the long 19th century similar?
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Both avoided the colonization to which their neighbors succumbed.
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Which of the following represents the imperialist actions of a country outside of Europe?
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Japan's takeover of Taiwan and Korea
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European colonial rule in the 19th century generally depended upon and reinforced he power of which segment of Asian and African socieites
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The most conservative
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Which of the following was a distinctive feature of European colonial rule in the 19th century?
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The counting and classification of colonial populations
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Which of the following reflects a contradiction in Western imperialism in the 19th century?
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European reluctance to encourage modernization in their colonies.
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Which of the following resulted from the employment of colonial subject in European-owned plantation, mines, construction projects, and businesses?
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Migration of colonial subjects to work sites overseas
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What was the significance of the opium trade in China in the 19th century?
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It reversed the trade imbalance in favor of Britian
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How was the Taiping Uprising different from other peasant rebellions in China?
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Its program included the abolition of private property
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Which of the following was an anti-foreign movement that erupted in northern China at the turn of the 20th century and seriously weakened the Qing dynasty?
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The boxer Uprising.
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Which of the following contributed to CHina's problems in the 19th entury?
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The state's failure to maintain flood control and public secuirty
