Chapter 25 Test- The Reach of Imperialism

created guidelines for the colonization of Africa

• Constitution of 1917

• Berlin Conference

• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

• Rabindranath Tagore

Nobel Prize–winning Indian author

• Constitution of 1917

• Berlin Conference

• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

• Rabindranath Tagore

colonial government in which local rulers keep their positions of authority

• direct rule

• dollar diplomacy

• Suez Canal

• . indirect rule

colonial government in which local officials are replaced by officials from the colonizing country

• direct rule

• dollar diplomacy

• Suez Canal

• . indirect rule

policy of joining a country’s economic and foreign policy interests

• direct rule

• dollar diplomacy

• Suez Canal

• . indirect rule

waterway that connects the Mediterranean and Red seas

• direct rule

• dollar diplomacy

• Suez Canal

• . indirect rule

Which class played a key role in resisting colonial rule in Southeast Asia?

• peasant farmers

• urban middle class

• elite ruling class

• working class

European nations began to search for new overseas colonies after 1880 to

• find people who would work in European factories for low wages.

• promote a free exchange of ideas between Eastern and Western cultures

• bring the economic benefits of industrialization to underdeveloped nations.

• obtain raw materials for their industries and open new markets for their products.

Why did Europeans want to colonize West Africa?

• Some African states needed outside help to survive.

• Britain and France were competing for control.

• West Africa had many useful raw materials

• Europeans needed a ready source of labor.

What was the immediate goal of the Indian National Congress?

• a revolution embraced by both Hindus and Muslims

• a share in the governing process of India

• independence for India and Pakistan

• violent overthrow of British rule