Quiz Practice, 2/15/23

Match the name of each historic event with the appropriate detail.

• Meiji Restoration

• resulted in trade for goods like tea and silk

• Berlin Conference

• agreement among Europe nations --> colonization of 95% of Africa

• Opium War

• mistreated Muslim + Hindu soldiers --> fighting against the British

• Sepoy Rebellion

• rapid industrialization and adopting Western culture in Asia

Imperialism in Africa and Asia started because the ​ (a)   in Europe created a need for ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   to sell their products.

• Industrial Revolution
• raw materials
• markets
• steam engine
• slave trade
• Opium War

Which event best represents the changes seen in these two maps?

• Scramble for Africa

• Industrial Revolution

• Commodore Perry

• textile industry

The Meiji Restoration in Japan is different from the imperialism of India, China, and Africa because...

• Japan was allowed to run their own government.

• Japan was the only country to colonized by Europe.

• Japan started their own Industrial Revolution.

• Japan adopted Christianity as a national religion.

Which TWO choices below best represent the impact of the Industrial Revolution in colonizing Africa and Asia?

• More goods were being made in England than factories could sell.

• Steam ships and railroads led to the faster transportation of goods.

• The steam engine allowed factories to be built anywhere in Europe.

• Better technology in weapons helped defeat native resistance to colonization.

Which choice below best represents the cause of the Berlin Conference?

• Industrial Revolution

• Scramble for Africa

• Opium War

• World War II

Choose the choice below that best represents what could happen when a country WESTERNIZES.

• Studying in universities in Europe or the US

• Changing governments to become more democratic

• Increase in factories to make goods

• All of the above

BEFORE the Meiji Restoration, the government of Japan was known as...

• shogunate

• democracy

• emperor

• kingdom

Which TWO REASONS best explains why the British succeeded in gaining access to trade in China?

• China very poor and needed the money from trade.

• Britain had products that China really wanted.

• Trading opium weakened the workforce and corrupted the government.

• Britain´s navy had better technology in war than China.

European success in colonizing Africa and Asia resulted in...

• European nations becoming poor and underdeveloped.

• a false social and scientific belief in white superiority.

• African nations controlling international trade.

• Japan colonizing neighboring countries.