Imperialism Quiz

The establishment of a colony in the Congo by the Belgians and their ability to extract rubber from the interior of Africa set up what major event of the Imperialism era?

• The Treaty of Tordesillas

• The Congress of Vienna

• The Scramble for Africa`

• The Meiji Restoration

Why were the British so successful in forcing the Chinese to sign the humiliating "unequal treaties?"

• The British had better military tactics

• The British had a top notch spy operation

• The military technology of the British was far superior to that of the Chinese

• The Chinese were fighting amongst themselves and couldn't pay attention to the British

In 1857, how did the Indian soldiers of the British East India Company react to perceived e

orts by the British to change their culture and have them convert to Christianity?

• This started the Boer Wars

• The soldiers started the Sepoy Rebellion

• The soldiers started the Opium Wars

• This began the period of the Meiji Restoration

When the Chinese refused to buy opium from the British in exchange for the tea that the British had been buying for years, what was the British reaction?

• The British looked for new country to trade with

• The British boycotted buying tea from China

• The British sent gunboats up the Yangtze River and started the First Opium War

• The British continued trading silver for tea

Which of the following were reasons that European powers were able to colonize Africa in the 1800s, where they were unable to before that?

• The discovery of quinine

• Steam-powered boats

• Advances in military technology

• All of the above

By 1914, Ethiopia and Liberia were the only two African countries to

• establish democratic governments.

• develop industrial economies

• retain their independence

• colonize other nations

In 1900, anti-foreign sentiment in China led to an uprising known as the

• Nian Rebellion

• Boxer Rebellion

• Taiping Rebellion

• Sepoy Rebellion

How did Bismarck believe that Germany could achieve unification?

• Through "blood and iron."

• Through negotiation and treaties

• By waiting until everyone was ready

• Through a general vote across all German states.

Which of the following was a reason that the Europeans had trouble colonizing Africa before the 1800s?

• Swift moving rivers that prevented transportation up river

• Malaria and other diseases

• Lack of advantage in firepower

• All of the above

Which of the following are examples of native resistance to Europeans colonization?

• Boer Wars

• Sepoy Rebellion

• Boxer Rebellion

• All of the above