Imperialism 2021

The Boxer Rebellion and the Taiping Rebellion were examples of…  

• United States imperialistic ideas. 
• South African imperialists against Dutch farmers. 
• revolts by the Chinese versus European imperial rule.
• Congo rubber workers against King Leopold II

Japan became imperialistic in the 1890s and 1900s because

• they had poor weapons and never modernized. 
• they wanted to get more natural resources for themselves.
• they wanted to become involved in slave trade.
• they want to spread Christianity.

When Gandhi made the Salt March of 1930 and collected salt, purposely breaking a British law to prove a point at its injustice and how unfair it was, this is called ____________

• civil discourse
• civil disobedience
• civil crime
• civil violence

Why did the Indian Independence Movement use non-violence as their main protest?

• A. They were outgunned and non-violence made the British look bad when the British used violence
• B. The Indian people were saving money to buy weapons
• C. The Indian people wanted to wait to be provoked into nuclear war.
• D. All of the above

‘The Sun Never Set on the British Empire’ refers to… 

• the British felt that the sun revolved around them. 
• the British Empire represented sunlight and hope to the rest of the world. 
• the British were hard working and never slept.
• the British Empire had colonies in every continent at one point. 

The ‘Open Door Policy’ refers to… 

• the opening of trade routes into Hawaii 
• the beginnings of exploration into the interior of Africa. 
• China opening up trade to all foreign countries. 
• King Leopold II taking over the Congo rubber tree plantations.

This highly addictive drug was introduced to Chinese culture and opened up trade communication with Great Britain.
 

• a. Marijuana
• Cocaine
• Opium
• Tobacco

The Conference of Berlin was… 

• the gathering of industrialist workers to protest low wages. 
• the gathering of the leaders of Europe to draw the land boundaries and set rules in claiming parts of Africa. 
• a group of industrialist owners setting new working conditions. 
• a meeting between the Chancellor of Germany and the President of the United States.

How was the Industrial Revolution a cause for the Age of Imperialism? 

• Non-industrialized nations wanted to spread their power. 
• Enlightenment ideas such as free speech spread throughout the world. 
• Industrialized nations needed raw materials for their factories and mills. 
• Queens and kings of Europe needed a vacation spot.

During the Meji era Japan realized they needed to change because

• A. Great Britain told them they had to change their lives.
• B. if they didn’t change, then they could be destroyed by other nations.
• C. China was becoming more modern than Japan.
• D. they wanted to impress France with their changes.