Ch. 32 Quiz

Generally, European leaders saw colonies as

• wastes of money and resources

• sources for raw minerals and potential markets

• sources for cheap labor and slaves

• places to settle their excess populations

• military bases

Economically, European colonial powers encouraged their colonies to

• modernize

• practice balanced agriculture and produce foodstuffs

• become industrialized

• be self-sufficient

• remain dependent on the mother country

All of these institutions and technologies were transmitted by the British to India through their colonial rule EXCEPT

• telegraph and railroad

• an alphabet and an advanced literate culture

• western style education

• social reforms including an end to sati

• application of science to farming and environment

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Europeans improved roads and bridges and built railroads in their colonies primarily to

• provide jobs for the colonists

• obtain raw materials needed for industrialization

• impress the colonists with their technological knowledge

• help missionaries spread Christianity

• transport migrants to the colonies

Why was African resistance movements to colonization usually unsuccessful?

• The Europeans were far from their homes.

• The Europeans had superior weapons.

• The Africans had superior knowledge of the terrain.

• The Africans had superior leadership.

• When the Africans united it enabled the Europeans to defeat all of them at once.

By 1914, all of these locations became colonies or dependencies to imperialist powers EXCEPT

• Kenya

• Korea

• Nigeria

• India

• Siam

What effects did the Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary have on Latin America?

• Increased power, which kept Latin America at the forefront of industrialization.

• Fairness, which allowed the gap between the rich and the poor in Latin America to shrink.

• Ongoing imperialism, which kept most Latin American countries at the mercy of U.S. interests.

• A surge of independence; the documents provided protection from the United States, allowing

  Latin America to break free from colonialism.

• European political and economic interests were completely driven from Latin America.

Which of the following was NOT one of the main European motivations for imperialistic behavior?

• The desire to spread their culture to the "uncivilized" world.

• The need for natural resources and raw materials as emerging industrial societies.

• As a way to "compete" with other European nations.

• A method to secure immigrant labor for their factories.

• As a means to secure markets for the export of industrial good.

Which statement best expresses the Western perspective regarding Rudyard Kipling’s “White Man’s Burden”?

• Europeans should preserve traditional cultures in Africa and Asia.

• Europeans must protect existing African and Asian economies.

• Europeans suffered great hardships in exploring new trade routes to Asia.

• Europeans had a duty to introduce the benefits of their civilization to non-European peoples.

• Europeans owed great sums of money for the resources they extracted from the colonies.

The primary goal of the Indian National Congress (1855-1947) was to

• reform the Hindu religion.

• partition India between Muslims and Hindus.

• create a socialist economy.

• gain independence from Great Britain.

• secure prominent positions for Indians in British colonial government.