Unit Review: Age of Imperialism

Which is an accurate statement about the partitioning of Africa by European imperialist nations during the 1800's?

• New nations were based on old tribal boundaries.
• The cultural and ethnic diversity of the African people was disregarded.
• The continent was divided equally among the colonial powers.
• African unity was encouraged.

Some of the ethnic tension in Africa today can be traced back to the European division of Africa resulting from the

• Estates General
• Congress of Vienna
• Berlin Conference
• Treaty of Versailles

The 19th-century ideas of Social Darwinism and the “White Man’s Burden” were often used to justify

• Isolationism
• Appeasement
• Imperialism
• Disarmament

Commodore Matthew Perry’s visits to Japan in 1853 and 1854 resulted in the

• colonization of Japan by the UnitedStates
  
• transfer of spheres of influence to China
• introduction of Christianity to Japanese society
• opening of trade and diplomatic relations with Japan

Which of these developments in Africa was a cause of the other three?

• Rival tribal groups fought wars
• The Berlin Conference of 1884 influenced colonial boundaries
• African economies became dependent on the sale of cash crops and raw materials.
• Traditional territories and culture groups were permanently fragmented.

The terms of the Treaty of Nanjing and of the Treaty of Kanagawa demonstrate the

• unequal relationships that characterized imperialism 
• importance of technology in developing economies
• humanitarian ideals that accompanied missionary activity
• changing roles of men and women associated with modernization

• Japan fights China. (1894)
• Japan defeats Russia. (1905)
• Japan annexes Korea. (1910)
These events reflect the growing power of Japan and its desire to

• spread Shinto
• obtain natural resources
• suppress the Boxer Rebellion
• acquire warm-water ports

The Chinese belief that China was the Middle Kingdom is an example of

•  extraterritoriality
• ethnocentrism
•  filial piety
• the Mandate of Heaven

One major reason European countries engaged in imperialism in the late 19th century was to

• gain a better understanding of unknown territories
• ease tensions with their rivals
• develop treatments for diseases
• obtain markets for their manufactured goods

The Berlin Conference is most closely associated with the colonialization of

• South Asia
• East Asia
• Africa
• Latin America