Imperialism in Asia and Pacific

Who ruled Java in the early 1600s?

• the Dutch

• the Portuguese

• China

• the sultans of Mataram

Who controlled Java by 1800?

• the Dutch

• Britain

• the sultans of Mataram

• the Portuguese

Sepoys were ________.

• south Asian troops in the armies of the British East India Company

• south Asian kingdoms

• rebels against British rule in south Asia

• the directors of the British East India Company

The British Raj was ________.

• the governor of the British East India Company

• British rule in south Asia

• the British governor of south Asia

• petty south Asian kingdoms under British rule

At the battle of Plassey, the ruler of Bengal fought ________.

• a rival south Asian ruler

• the French

• the British

• the Mughal emperor

The Presidencies were created to ________.

• control trade with south Asia

• rule south Asia

• placate south Asian rulers

• suppress Indian uprisings

The Princely States were ________ under British rule.

• the lands of the British East India Company

• the Presidencies

• Muslim territories

• autonomous Indian states

The nabobs were ________.

• British sepoys

• employees of the British East India Company

• south Asian rulers

• the rajputs

Who undertook the reform of British administration in south Asia?

• Charles Cornwallis

• James Cook

• Robert Clive

• Thomas Babington Macaulay

Jeremy Bentham was a proponent of ________.

• Marxism

• decolonization

• Utilitarianism

• romanticism