Imperialism TEST

Western nations' overseas expansion was partly a result of manufacturers' need for

• employees

• capital

• natural resources

• new product ideas

How did Siam remained independent?

• saying no to modernization

• refusing to accept treaties with European countries

• becoming a buffer between British and French colonies

• defeating invaders

How did Western imperialist nations try to modernize the lands they conquered?

• showing no interest in the cultures of subject people.

• imposing western culture on subject people.

• encouraging subject people to keep their own traditions.

• adopting the cultural traditions of subject people.

Who was the strong conservative Chinese ruler who focused on traditional Confucian ideas and saw Western ways as a threat?

• Hong Xiuquan

• Empress Ci Xi

• King Leopold II

• Menelik II

One advantage European countries had in their imperial expansion was

• weak economies.

• poorly organized governments.

• a lack of resistance on the part of Africans and Asians.

• powerful armies and navies.

Most of the profits from the imperial global exchange went to

• the industrialized nations.

• the developing nations.

• improve schools in Asia.

• cultural exchange

To cover the costs of governing their colonies, colonial authorities

• sold off lands.

• sold their subjects into slavery.

• imposed taxes on their subjects.

• switched to a barter economy.

What was a result of the Taiping Rebellion?

• Western powers took over China.

• Qing dynasty weakened.

• Land reforms were passed.

• Russia seized northern Chinese land

What was the conflict in which China lost to Britain, forcing them to sign the Treaty of Nanjing and the cession of Hong Kong?

• Boer War

• Asante War

• Crimean War

• Opium War

Which two countries fought for a sphere of influence in Persia/Iran?

• France and Britain

• Russia and Britain

• France and Russia

• Britain and Germany