2023 AP World History Imperialism Mastery Check - Form B

Which of the following was a major unintended effect of the publication of Charles Darwin’s 1859 work On the Origin of Species?

• (C) It became the basis for all subsequent scientific research on species extinction.
• (D) It became the basis of various theories asserting that Europeans were naturally superior to other peoples.

The sentiments expressed in the quotation above are most supportive of which of the following concepts?

• (A) Nationalism
• (B) Imperialism
• (C) Liberalism

Social Darwinism was used to justify which of the following during the nineteenth century?

• (C) British colonization of India
• (D) Russian utilization of coerced peasant labor

The photograph best illustrates which of the following aspects of European colonial policies in nineteenth-century Africa?

• (A) European states attempting to encourage colonial populations to emigrate
• (B) European states attempting to spread Christianity among colonial populations
• (D) European states imposing their culture in an attempt to spread their values among colonial populations

The quotation below by an early-twentieth-century Chinese revolutionary illustrates the influence of

• (A) Social Darwinism
• (B) communism
• (D) anarchism

Ethiopia’s cultural traditions reflected in the painting had which of the following effects on Ethiopia’s interactions with European colonial empires in the late nineteenth century?

• (A) They provided Ethiopians with an additional rationale for resisting European encroachment.
• (B) They created an opportunity for Ethiopia to participate in the European alliance system.
• (C) They strengthened Social Darwinist claims that Ethiopians were inferior to Europeans.

In the passage below, Lin Zexu is asking that the British do which of the following?

• (A) Provide treatment for opium addicts in China
• (B) Ban the sale of opium by British merchants in China
• (C) Prevent all foreign trade from entering China

Which of the following resulted from Europe’s expansion overseas in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

• (A) Europe’s population size and industrial productivity declined.
• (B) European countries acquired colonies and dominated world trade.