Question 1

An arrangement in which a Western nation received special commercial and legal privileges in a non-Western region,city,or territory without direct political involvement is known as a ________.

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Question 2

The most extensive resistance to European imperial power in the nineteenth century,the ________,broke out against British rule in India in 1857.

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Question 3

India was formally ruled by which of the following until 1857?

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A)  small local rulers of independent states
B)  the Mughal emperor
C)  the East India Company
D)  the British crown

Question 4

Which of the following statements about Indians' views of British rule during the 1880s is true?

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A)  Most Indians welcomed and supported British rule.
B)  Most Indians resisted British rule and considered it oppressive
C)  Increasing discontent led to calls for liberalizing British policies.
D)  Hindu and Muslim groups called for the formation of independent Hindu and Muslim states.

Question 5

Botanists played a profound role in which of the following imperial ventures?

Accepted Answer

A)  They transformed local crop production to serve the needs of the empires' home countries.
B)  They served as spokesmen for the idea that empires helped bring progress.
C)  They introduced Asian crops into Europe,replacing the crops of the 1700s.
D)  They collected exotic species of the non-Western world and exhibited them to domestic audiences.

Question 6

British and Russian rivalry over Central Asia ended with ________.

Accepted Answer

the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907

Question 7

Indian Hindus organized the ________ in 1885 with the goals of modernizing Indian life and liberalizing British policy.

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Indian Nat...

Question 8

The single most important weapon in colonial warfare by 1900 was ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the machine gun
B)  the tank
C)  the bayonet
D)  European diseases A

Question 9

Anthropologists in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries did which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  They viewed non-Western peoples as roughly the same as Westerners in intelligence.
B)  They sought to create new universities in non-Western societies to support research.
C)  They pointed out similar folkways between Western and non-Western societies.
D)  They created zoo-like "native villages" for people in Europe and America.

Question 10

U.S.support for Cuba's revolt led to the ________.

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Question 11

Japan became a major imperial power in Asia in 1895 after defeating ________.

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Question 12

Power vacuums created by the decay of the ________ led to many of the territorial acquisitions associated with the New Imperialism.

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Question 13

In 1898,British- and French-led forces encountered each other at the outpost of ________,but did not decisively engage each other.

Accepted Answer

A)  Omdurman
B)  Lagos
C)  Aduwa
D)  Fashoda

Question 14

The Opium Wars were a conflict between Britain's desire to sell a product in China and China's opposition to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  British trade policies
B)  Indian goods being sold in China
C)  Britain's dominance in foreign markets
D)  the import of an addictive product,opium

Question 15

To preserve their political power and economic privileges,the white elite of South Africa eventually enforced a policy of racial ________,or "separateness."

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Question 16

What was "gunboat diplomacy"?

Accepted Answer

A)  iron warships that used force to conquer areas and allow access by European merchants
B)  iron warships that used their presence to ensure the cooperation of local rulers with European merchants
C)  negotiations between European merchants and local rulers that took place on warships
D)  naval fleets of European powers that engaged in warfare with other European powers

Question 17

Why did the tsars extend Russia's power and influence over central and eastern Asia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? How successful were they in doing so,and why?

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The tsars extended Russia's power and in...

Question 18

Missionaries were most active in providing ________ to non-Westerners.

Accepted Answer

A)  education
B)  economic development
C)  health care
D)  community development

Question 19

The church founded by David Brown Vincent exemplifies which of these?

Accepted Answer

A)  African rejection of Christian churches.
B)  Devolution of church leadership to homegrown leaders.
C)  The failure of European Christian churches in Africa.
D)  The ascendancy of Islam in northern Africa.

Question 20

The Government of India Act in 1858 ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  increased the authority of native rulers
B)  improved the sepoys' wages and working conditions
C)  transferred political authority from the East India Company to the British Crown
D)  transferred political authority from the East India Company to India C

Exam 25: The Age of Western Imperialism

An arrangement in which a Western nation received special commercial and legal privileges in a non-Western region,city,or territory without direct political involvement is known as a ________.

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The most extensive resistance to European imperial power in the nineteenth century,the ________,broke out against British rule in India in 1857.

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India was formally ruled by which of the following until 1857?

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Which of the following statements about Indians' views of British rule during the 1880s is true?

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Botanists played a profound role in which of the following imperial ventures?

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British and Russian rivalry over Central Asia ended with ________.

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Indian Hindus organized the ________ in 1885 with the goals of modernizing Indian life and liberalizing British policy.

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The single most important weapon in colonial warfare by 1900 was ________.

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Anthropologists in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries did which of the following?

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U.S.support for Cuba's revolt led to the ________.

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Japan became a major imperial power in Asia in 1895 after defeating ________.

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Power vacuums created by the decay of the ________ led to many of the territorial acquisitions associated with the New Imperialism.

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In 1898,British- and French-led forces encountered each other at the outpost of ________,but did not decisively engage each other.

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The Opium Wars were a conflict between Britain's desire to sell a product in China and China's opposition to ________.

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To preserve their political power and economic privileges,the white elite of South Africa eventually enforced a policy of racial ________,or "separateness."

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What was "gunboat diplomacy"?

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