Unit 4 entry test

Why did European nations need to find new colonies in the late nineteenth century?

• Loss of colonies in the Americas meant they had to look for new places to expand the slave trade.

• The growth of power of the United States required them seek new military allies

• The Industrial Revolution spurred them to seek new sources of raw materials and new markets for their goods

• The Renaissance and Enlightenment inspired them to spread democratic ideals to new countries.

Why did European nations compete to establish colonies in Africa in the late 1800s?

• To expand the slave trade

• To obtain raw material

• to increase the size of the navies

• to stop the spread of U.S. power

What challenge to colonization did British imperialists face in South Africa?

• Competition with French traders

• Impenetrable Physical barriers

• lack of suitable resources for development

• Resistance from indigenous people

Why did Indian Soldiers called Sepoys rebel against British rule in the late 1800s

• They resented the wealth of the British East India Company

• They sought economic reform and land redistribution to benefit India's poor

• They wanted complete independence from Britain

• They were angry that they British violated religious customs.

Differences between what two Indian religious groups made it easier for Britain to extend control over India in the late 1800s

• Buddhists and Hindus

• Buddhists and Christians

• Christians and Muslims

• Hindus and Muslims

How did "new Imperialism" of European nations in the late nineteenth century differ from earlier imperials efforts?

• Imperial powers engaged in less trade with colonies.

• Imperial powers exerted greater political control over colonies

• imperial powers made less effort to spread Christianity to colonies

• Imperial powers tolerated more independence among colonies.