WH Imperialism Practice Unit Test

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Which of these BEST explains why European powers competed intensely for China?
Options:
They wanted to bring Christianity to the people there,
They wanted to sell products to China’s large population,
They wanted to build military bases there to fight Japan,
They wanted to have access to the fertile Yangtze river valley

Back

They wanted to sell products to China’s large population

Front

What was the outcome of the Sepoy Rebellion?

Back

India became directly controlled by England.

Front

In the Opium Wars with China, the British wanted China to permit the import of opium.

Back

permit the import of opium

Front

Which location in Africa was one of the only regions to successfully resist European colonization?

Back

Ethiopia

Front

“Europeans have a moral responsibility to civilize primitive people.”

Back

The “White Man’s Burden”

Front

What was the most imperialist country of all?

Back

England

Front

What was one way industrialization encouraged imperialism?

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Growing industries needed more places to sell their manufactured goods.

Front

The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 resulted in the

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division of Africa among European powers

Front

What is basis for nearly all the boundaries of today’s sub-Saharan African states?

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Decisions by European powers during the Era of Imperialism

Front

King Leopold of Belgium is known for committing

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crimes against humanity