Unit 6 Imperialism Review

Who led the nonviolent resistance movement in India?

• Rabindranath Tagore

• Mohandas Gandhi

• Balwantrao Gangadhar Tilak

• G.S. Aiyar

Which of the following is NOT a primary motivation for new Imperialism?

• Economic desire.

• Infrastructure.

• Social Darwinism.

• White Man's Burden.

A key difference between Old Imperialism and New Imperialism is...

• Old- countries set direct and indirect rule. New- countries set up trading posts.

• Old- countries set up new governments. New- countries set up new trading posts.

• Old- countries set up trading posts. New- countries set direct/indirect rule.

• Old- countries set up trading posts. New- countries set up new trading posts.

“What, then shall the language of education [in India] be? [Some] maintain that it should be the English. The other half strongly recommend the Arabic and Sanskrit. The whole question seems to me to be, which language is best worth knowing? . . . It is, I believe, no exaggeration to say that all the historical information which has been collected from all the books written in the Sanskrit language is less valuable than what may be found in short textbooks used at preparatory schools in England.”

The author quoted here believes that...

• respect should be shown to subject peoples.

• works in Sanskrit have little value.

• Britain will be best able to rule India if the study of Arabic and Sanskrit are encouraged.

• all cultures are equally valuable.

I contend that we [Britons] are the finest race in the world, and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race...It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring more territory and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes that more territory simply means more Anglo-Saxon race, more of the best, the most human, most honourable race the world possesses.

From: Cecil Rhodes, British imperialist in Africa, Confessions of Faith.

What reasons for expansion/imperialism is exemplified within the quote?

• Economic desires.

• Nationalism.

• "White Man's Burden"

• Social Darwinism

Colonial powers harmed their colonies by...

• Allowing some sharing of profits.

• Creating an entrepreneurial class.

• Building railroads and highways.

• Keeping wages low and taxes high.

The British East India Company hired _______________, or Indian soldiers.

• Sikhs

• Muslims

• Sepoys

• Hindus

British rule hurt India in all of the following ways EXCEPT...

• the reduction of food production.

• the introduction of slavery of the Moguls.

• the destruction of local industries.

• the corrupt tax collection system.

The guarantee of the United States to protect Latin America from Europe was called...

• The Monroe Doctrine.

• The Treaty of Paris.

• The Treaty of Tordesillas.

• The Roosevelt Corollary.

If a colony was run by ______________, local elites were removed from power and replaced with a new set of officials from the mother country.

• indirect rule

• direct rule

• colonial rule

• divine rule