Imperialism

The events shown in the picture reflect which of the following

• desire for new markets and resources among European nations

• fear of the spread of communism

• the creation of the United Nations

• the rise of Adolf Hitler and Germany's invasion of Poland

Base your answer on the poem below.

Take up the White Man's burden—

Send forth the best ye breed—

Go bind your sons to exile

To serve your captives' need;

To wait, in heavy harness,

On fluttered folk and wild—

Your new-caught, sullen peoples,

Half-devil and half-child.

—Rudyard Kipling, "The White Man's Burden"

The point of view in this poem contributed most directly to British actions in which of the following places?

• France

• Russia

• Japan

• India

Base your answer on the passage below.

To begin with, there are the exporters and manufacturers of certain goods used in the colonies. The makers of cotton and iron goods have been very much interested in imperialism. Their business interests demand that colonial markets should be opened and developed and that foreign competitors should be shut out. Such aims require political control and imperialism. Finally, the most powerful of all business groups are the bankers. Banks make loans to colonies and backward countries for building railways and steamship lines. They also make loans to colonial plantation owners, importers, and exporters. The imperialist business interests have powerful allies. Military and naval leaders believe strongly in extending the white man's rule over the inferior races,' To this company may be added another element—the missionary. Missionaries went forth to preach a kingdom beyond this world. But they often found themselves the builders of very earthly empires...Last, but by no means least, let us add politicians to our list of empire builders.

– Parker T. Moore, excerpt from Imperialism and World Politics, 1926

The political and economic system described in this passage most directly resulted from

• the plan for reparations in the Treaty of Versailles

• the sale of indulgences by the Catholic Church

• a belief in self-determination for all nations

• a desire for new markets and natural resources by industrialized countries

Base your answer on the Congolese poem below.

". . . you, African, suffered like a beast

Your ashes strewn to the wind that roams the desert,

Your tyrants built the lustrous, magic temples

To preserve your soul, preserve your suffering.

Barbaric right of fist and the white right to whip

,You had the right to die, you could also weep.

–Patrice Lumumba, "Dawn in the Heart of Africa"

Which of the following developments most closely resembles the situation described by Patrice Lumumba in this poem?

• division of Berlin after World War II

• Japanese Modernization after Meiji restoration

• the rise of Benito Mussoloni in Italy

• British Rule in India

Which historical development showed the desire of a group to gain independence from a colonial power?

• Tiananmen Square uprising in China

• rise of the Nazi Party in Germany

• Solidarity Movement in Poland

• Sepoy Mutiny in India

The Berlin Conference is most closely associated with the colonialization of

• South Asia

• East Asia

• Latin America

• Africa

Which area of the world was most directly affected by the decisions made at the Berlin Conference?

• Africa

• India

• China

• South America

The Berlin Conference in 1884 was significant because it

• promoted Belgium as a world power

• established rules for the European division of Africa

• called for a war against England

• ensured ethnic harmony in Middle East

Much of which area of the world came under European colonial control in the 19th century?

• Japan

• Southwest Asia

• Africa

• Latin America

Which African group centralized its rule and adopted new military techniques that challenged the power of the British and the Boers in South Africa?

• Zulu

• Ashanti

• Ibo

• Masai