Imperialism Test Review

One way in which the Sepoy Rebellion in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China are similar is that both attempted to:

• remove foreign influences

• restore democracy

• modernize their economy

• end religious conflict

Which statement best describes China’s relationship with the rest of the world at the end of the 19th century?

• China was divided into spheres of influence that gave preferential trading rights to Western nations

• China became a colony of Japan and provided that nation with needed resources

• After the Opium Wars, China was under the protection of the United States

• China isolated itself and had little contact with other nations.

In the 1800’s, a major cause of European imperialism was the

• Desire to establish democratic governments throughout the world

• Emergence of Marxism as an economic system

• Desire for cheap raw materials and expanded markets

• Religious conflict between European nations

During the late 19th century, which geographic factor helped attract European investors to southern Africa and southeast Asia?

• Smooth coastlines

• Navigable rivers

• Natural resources

• Temperate climates

The Berlin Conference in 1884 was significant because it

• promoted Belgium as a world power

• established rules for the European division of Africa

• called for a war against England

• ensured ethnic harmony in the Middle East

During the 19th century, European nations established spheres of influence in China mainly to

• profit from the ivory trade

• introduce Islam to the Chinese people

• gain commercial advantages in China

• obtain human rights for Chinese citizens

What was an immediate result of the Opium War described in this passage?

• Signing the Treaty of Nanjing

• Forming the Guomindang

• Beginning the Boxer Rebellion

• Organizing the Taiping Rebellion

The Berlin Conference is most closely associated with the colonization of

• South Asia

• East Asia

• Latin America

• Africa

Why were European nations able to conquer large sections of Africa in the 19th and early 20th centuries?

• Europeans easily adapted to African climate and topography.

• Europeans possessed more military technology.

• Europeans wanted to learn about African cultures.

• Africans wanted to trade with European nations.

The borders that were established for many African nations during the late 1800’s were based primarily on

• natural geographic barriers

• easy access to natural resources

• territorial claims of colonial rulers

• cultural differences between ethnic groups