Quiz 20.1

One of the reasons for imperialism was an increasing demand in Europe for raw materials.

• true

• false

The British East India Company expanded its control in India to ______.

• increase trade

• spread Hinduism

• defeat sepoys

• seize territory from Germany

After the Indian revolt of 1857, ______.

• India gained its independence

• the British East India Company treated locals with more respect

• the British East India Company grew even wealthier

• the British government took control of India

What was the Raj?

• the name for the British government in India

• the Indian name for the British East India Company

• the Sanskrit name for the king of all India

• the name of the rebellion against British rule in India

Who were the members of the Indian National Congress?

• British soldiers

• workers from the British East India Company

• British-educated leaders from India

• Indian peasants

Ethiopia was founded by African Americans freed from slavery.

• true

• false

King Leopold II of Belgium was ______.

• forced to give up the Congo because he mistreated the people

• supported by Christian missionaries for his good deeds

• defeated when he tried to conquer Ethiopia

• the founder of the Cape Colony in South Africa

The Boer War was a conflict between ______.

• Dutch settlers and the British

• the Zulus and the British

• Dutch settlers and the Zulus

• the Orange Free State and the Transvaal

The U.S. battleship Maine was sent to Havana to attack the Cuban government.

• true

• false

To gain permission to build the Panama Canal, the people of Panama had to break free from being part of ______.

• the United States

• Mexico

• Columbia

• Spain