Topic 15 Test

Who is being described in the text?

He absorbed their young men and women into Zulu regiments. By encouraging rival groups to forget their differences, he cemented a growing pride in the Zulu kingdom. His conquests, however, set off mass migrations and wars, creating chaos across much of the region. Groups driven from their homelands by the Zulus then migrated north, conquering still other peoples and creating their own powerful states.

• Samori Touré

• Usman dan Fodio

• Shaka

• Nehanda

The genocide of the Armenians in the 1890s took place during the rule of the ________empire.

• Mughal

• Ottoman

• Asante

• Safavid

European imperialists redrew the map of Africa with little regard for ______.

• trade agreements

• ethnic boundaries

• mining rights

• the slave trade

Who established the “Three Principles of the People” described in the text?

The first principle was nationalism, or freeing China from foreign domination. The second was democracy, or representative government. The third was livelihood, or economic security for all Chinese.

• Sun Yixian

• Mutsuhito

• Ci Xi

• Guang Xu

During the Qing Dynasty, massive flooding, official corruption, and hardship led to ______.

• the Open Door Policy

• the Boxer Rebellion

• the Taiping Rebellion

• the Meiji Restoration

What is the present-day country in which the events mentioned in the text took place?

Mongkut’s friends in the 1840s included many leading princes and nobles who similarly were excited by the West. Convinced of the necessity of accommodation with the West, they took the lead in managing the succession of Mongkut to the throne when King Rama III died in 1851.

• Mexico

• China

• Thailand

• Japan

Which of the following statements best describes the East India Company in the 1800s?

• It did not see any promise of economic gain in India.

• It adopted the legal procedures and order of the local government.

• It worked to reduce banditry and preserve peace.

• It ignored slavery and the caste system.

Which of the following statements best describes the Meiji Restoration?

• The Meiji reformers refused to adapt Western ways.

• The Meiji Restoration worked to restore a rigid feudal order.

• The Meiji reformers adapted the German model of government.

• The Meiji constitution did not give the emperor absolute power.

The treaty that ended the Spanish-American War gave the United States control of ________.

• Cuba

• Mexico

• the Philippines

• the Panama Canal Zone

Which factor led to the Boer War?

• The Boers tried to retake the Cape Colony

• Gold and diamonds were discovered in Boer lands.

• Britain imposed racial segregation in South Africa.

• The Zulus tried to stop the slave trade in Boer lands.