Chapter 18

Which of the following reflects the effect of colonial rule in Africa on the lives of women?

• After marriage, women were increasingly confined to the home in accordance with European norms.
• Women lost their central role in producing food for their families.
• Women of impoverished families became heads of household in the absence of men
  
• None of the above

What played a more important role in distinguishing rulers from their colonial subjects in the imperialism of the nineteenth-century than in earlier instances of imperialism?

• Gender
• Race
• Slavery
• All were equal

The spread of Christianity in Africa was facilitated by its association with

• export agriculture.
  
• female circumcision.
  
• modern education.
  
• All of the above

How did Charles Darwin's ideas on evolution influence Western imperialism?

• They were used to criticize the use of force in colonial encounters.
• They were used to justify the displacement or destruction of "weak" races.
• They were used by colonized peoples in Asia and Africa to resist Western imperialism.
  
• None of the above

Which two European Countries seem to have acquired the most territory in Africa and Asia?

• France and Spain
  
• Great Britain and Germany
  
• Germany and Spain
  
• Great Britain and France

Which of the following reflects a contradiction in Western imperialism in the nineteenth century?

• The role of scientific racism in the classification of colonial populations
• European reluctance to encourage modernization in their colonies
  
• The masculinization of colonial rulers and the feminization of colonial subjects
• None of the above

What elements of the modernizing process did colonial rule convey on colonies?

• Political systems based on Enlightenment models
  
• Democratic values and civil society
  
• Communication and transportation infrastructure
  
• All of the above

Military and diplomatic skills, willingness to make modest concessions to Euopean nations helped whcih countries avoid European control?

• Ethiopia and Ghanna
  
• Siam and Congo
  
• Ghanna and Congo
  
• Ethiopia and Siam
  

Construction of 2nd-wave European empires in Africa and Asia often involved:

• Peace
• Military force or threat
  
• African and Asian countries prevailing
  
• none of the above
  

Australia and New Zealand were taken over by which European nation?

• France 
• United States
• Great Britain
  
• Germany