Imperialism in Asia AP Multiple-Choice Practice

The expansion of nineteenth-century European empires into Asia was most likely the result of which of these historical processes?

• The spread of industrialization

• The rise of communism

• The spread of Enlightenment ideas

• The creation of military alliances

Based on the map and your knowledge of world history, what conclusion about Asian reactions to imperialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is most accurate?

• Most groups in Asia welcomes European colonization.

• Some groups actively resisted European powers, while some chose to work with the colonial governments.

• Most Africa groups continually fought European incursions, while most Asian groups accepted European rule.

• Most elites in both regions rejected European rule and led rebellions against Europeans.

Which of these comparisons between European imperialism in Africa and Asia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is most accurate?

• There was a greater number of settler colonies in Asia than in Africa.

• European imperialism in Asia was mainly focused on economics, but in Africa imperial powers mainly focused on religion.

• There was resistance to European imperialism in Africa but not in Asia.

• Social Darwinism played an important causal role in Africa and in Asia.

Based on your knowledge of world history and this excerpt, which of the following best describes a result of the Opium Wars between Great Britain and China in the early nineteenth century?

• Because of its decisive victory, China was able to renegotiate a more equal trade agreement with Britain.

• China lost her place as a major economic power because of the total destruction of her land in the war.

• China and Britain were able to maintain an equal balance of trade for the remainder of the nineteenth century.

• Because of unequal treaties, European imperial powers carved out spheres of influence in China.

Which of the following best explains the purpose of Lin Zexu's letter to Queen Victoria?

• A request to create a more balanced trade relationship between Britain and China

• A plea for the importation of only necessary household goods into China

• A demand for the British to stop importing opium into China

• A threat to stop all trade with Europe if certain demands were not met

Rebellions in China, such as the Taiping Uprising and the Boxer Uprising, were a response to

• European powers' colonial takeover of China's government.

• continued foreign economic involvement in China and a weakening Qing government.

• the increased involvement of China in inter-regional trade with Japan and Russia

• the perceived weakness of Europe because of World War I

Which of the following is a correct chronological list of who held power in China from the 1500's to the 1900's?

• Qing Dynasty --> Ming Dynasty --> Republic of China

• Yuan Mongol Dynasty --> Qing Dynasty --> Republic of China

• Ming Dynasty --> Qing Dynasty --> Republic of China

• Jin Dynasty --> Ming Dynasty --> Republic of China

Emperor Puyi is known for

• being the last emperor of China.

• being the emperor who stood up to Western powers.

• being the emperor who embraced Democracy.

• being the emperor gave concessions to the British after China lost the two Opium Wars.