Imperialism Quiz (WH)

Who was the guy who spoke the famous greeting after finally finding the Scottish missionary? "Dr Livingstone, I presume?"

• Henry Stanley

• Cecil Rhodes

• J.A. Hobson

• Dadabhai Naoroji

The Dole Fruit company controlling pineapple trade in Hawaii is an example of...

• A colony

• A protectorate

• Sphere of influence

• Economic Imperialism

Which was negative effect of the colonization of Africa?

• Africans lost control of their land and their independence

• Africans suffered a breakdown of their traditional cultures

• Artificial boundaries combined or unnaturally divided groups

• All of the above

Which was a positive effect of colonialism in Africa?

• Lifespans increased because of humanitarian efforts in some colonies

• Long-term rival chiefdoms were united

• Kinship groups were split between colonies

• Famines resulted from the change to cash crops in place of subsistence agrictulture

an interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products

• Geopolitics

• Sphere of influence

• Paternalism

• Assimilation

Which European mother country colonized most of the Dutch East Indies?

• France

• Germany

• Great Britain

• The Netherlands

• United States

Which was a negative impact of British colonialism in India?

• The British introduced a census in India in which caste identities became formalized across the land

• The railroad enabled India to develop a modern economy

• British troops cleared central India of bandits and put an end to local warfare among competing local rulers

Which was a positive impact of British colonialism in India?

• A modern road network, telephone and telegraph lines, dams, bridges, and irrigation canals enabled India to modernize

• Sanitation and public health improved

• Schools and colleges were founded, and literacy increased

• All of the above

Which colony was considered the "jewel in the crown" of Great Britain?

• China

• India

• Philippines

• South Africa

The governor of Bombay, referred to the __________ army as "a delicate and dangerous machine, which a little mismanagement may easily turn against us"

• French

• American

• Congolese

• Boer

• Sepoy