MWH A - Unit 4: Imperialism Unit Test Review

A _______ is an independent geographic area where the people share a single autonomous government, identified by politics, culture, and economics.

• village

• colony

• nation-state

• protectorate

How are the impacts of British and American imperialism still visible in Asia today?

• China has adopted Wester culture.

• Japan still holds imperial power in Hong Kong.

• Korea is still an imperial territory of Japan.

• Hong Kong and Japan both still show the political influences of Imperialism.

Great Britain occupied _____ in 1882 to ensure access to the Suez Canal.

• Egypt

• South Africa

• India

• China

It is estimated that the British Empire profited by around 40 to 50 trillion dollars from the economy in _______.

• Australia

• The American Colonies

• India

• Egypt

The Spanish and Portuguese languages are dominant in Latin America. How did Imperialism lead to this?

• Spanish and Portuguese are the native languages of the indigenous peoples in this region.

• Indigenous peoples were eager to learn these new languages because they thought they sounded better.

• The British Empire brought these languages when colonizing.

• Missionaries from Spain and Portugal used their own language when converting indigenous peoples.

In order to justify imperialism, Social Darwinism was taken a step further. Believers in _______ thought that certain ethnic groups were superior to others.

• scientific racism

• regionalism

• segregation

• apartheid

The Boshin War in Japan was the main cause of the _________.

• Meiji Restoration

• Taiping Rebellion

• Scramble for Africa

• Boxer Rebellion

Japan became a united, industrialized, and Westernized power following the Meiji Restoration. Japan annexed the nation of ______ as part of its new empire.

• Ethiopia

• Brazil

• India

• Korea

The British East India Company (EIC) developed a triangle trade system of cotton and opium with which two other countries?

• Egypt and South Africa

• Ghana and South Africa

• Japan and India

• India and China

Imagine you are reading the official Bowring Treaty of 1855. This document is a primary source that could help you learn about:

• South Africa's resistance to imperialism

• Siam's resistance to imperialism

• Japan's resistance to imperialism

• India's resistance to imperialism