WHAP Period 5 - Imperialism

In the late 19th century, European imperialism in both Africa and China was characterized by

• Widespread trade in opium
• The encouragement of slavery
• Small military enclaves along coastlines
• Competition among imperialist powers

This image of Cecil Rhodes creating a colony from Capetown in South Africa to Cairo in Egypt best represents the imperial goals of which nation?

• United States

• England

• France

• Germany

Which of the following desires and beliefs of Europeans were related to imperialism?

• more resources and laborers

• more markets to sell to

• nationalism

• racism

• all of these

The Scramble for Africa describes when

• When European nations competed to control African and spread their empires in the Age of Imperialism.

• When Asian nations competed to control African and spread their empires in the Age of Imperialism.

• When America took control Africa for the slave trade.

• African nations fought for freedom from the imperial nations

“The yellow and white races which are to be found on the globe have been endowed by nature with intelligence and fighting capacity. They are fundamentally incapable of giving way to each other. Hence, glowering and poised for a fight, they have engaged in battle in the world of evolution, the great arena where strength and intelligence have clashed since earliest times, the great theater where for so long natural selection and progress have played out.”The quotation above by an early twentieth-century Chinese revolutionary illustrates the influence of

• Social Darwinism

• Communism

• National Socialism

• Capitalism

Which of the following describes an accurate similarity between the Qing and Russian empires in the 18th and 19th centuries?

• Both relied heavily on maritime trade as a source of material goods.
• Both successfully resisted pressure from industrialized powers.
• Both were heavily influenced by the intellectual work of Jesuit missionaries.
• Both had vast territories with peoples of various ethnicities and languages.

In which rebellion in India in the mid-1800s did natives challenge British power?

• Zulu
• Taiping
• Boxer
• Sepoy

How did the German experience in colonizing Africa differ from that of the British and French?

• The Germans never colonized Africa.
• The British and French were more brutal in their treatment of the natives than the Germans.
• German colonies were less desirable, lost money, and involved brutal wars against the natives.
• The German colonies were the most politically and economically successful in Africa

Which of the following statement best describes the significance of Social Darwinism?

• It was a significant breakthrough in revolutionary theory

• It led to an increase in urbanization throughout much of Europe

• It influenced the development of the factory model of production

• It was used as a justification for the inferior treatment of colonial people

The early leaders of Indian nationalism came primarily from which class?

• Western educated elites
• Labor leaders
• Landed peasants
• The aristocracy