Khan World History 5.0

What process allowed imperial homelands to extract raw materials from their colonies for their own benefit?

• Assimilation

• Nationalism

• Industrialization

• Racism

Which of the following best describes colonial subjects’ response to unfair treatment under colonial rule?

• They negotiated with their colonizers for better treatment, more political freedoms, and greater economic investment.

• They led massive, constant resistance in the form of peaceful sit-ins, violent attacks, and mass rebellions.

• They responded in many different ways from attempts at negotiations to hidden forms of active resistance.

• They assimilated into European society, attempting to gain rights through imitation of European culture.

What two crucial things did colonies provide to industrialized countries?

• Markets and raw materials

• Technology and markets for manufactured goods

• Coal and access to sea routes

• Labor and new innovations

What is the main political difference between nation-states and empires?

• Nation-states rule based on the idea of personal sovereignty while empires deny political freedom to their subjects.

• Nation-states are ruled by decentralized localities while empires are ruled by a centralized government in an imperial homeland.

• Nation-states rule through a centralized authority while empires are ruled in decentralized sections.

• Nation-states only give political power to those that could vote whereas empires extend rights to most of their subjects

What was the main difference between citizens in European countries and subjects in colonies?

• Political power

• Wealth

• Religion

• Occupation

How did the Industrial Revolution help with empire building in the late nineteenth century?

• Technological advantages made it easier to exploit non-industrial countries.

• Newly industrialized countries sought places to set up new industrial factories.

• Empires contained many of the raw materials and new markets that spurred industrialization.

• New navigational tools made the discovery of new lands and countries easier.

While formal empires are gone, many argue that traces of imperialism still exist. What is one example of the lasting impacts of imperialism today?

• Former colonies are more likely to be impoverished today.

• Only previously imperial countries are industrialized today.

• Nuclear weapons are only held by previous imperial countries.

• Trade agreements between previous colonies and homelands are abundant.

How was imperialism contradictory to many countries’ newfound ideas of sovereignty and democracy?

• Colonies were denied political power and its citizens rarely had a say in government.

• Imperialism required a singular ruler, or emperor, to manage the entire empire.

• Citizens in imperial homelands had no say over who was colonized and who reaped the benefits of colonization.

• Subjects in colonies did not have ownership of their own raw materials and means of production.

Why did the beginning of this era appear to be the end of empires, not the beginning of larger ones?

• New ideas of sovereignty rose in popularity.

• Wars within Europe weakened home countries.

• The British Empire temporarily collapsed.

• Political revolutions formed new nation-states.

Subjects of European colonies often resisted imperial rule. What did resistance look like in these colonies? Choose the best answer.

• Active resistance thorough military organizations and campaigns

• Both active resistance and subtle forms of resistance at many levels

• Accommodations of and assimilation with colonizers

• Hidden resistance like stealing from the colonial government