AP World History Unit 6 Imperialism

What was an effect of the Taiping Rebellion?

• The government embarked on a program that successfully modernization China.

• The peasants succeeded in forcing the government to address their concerns.

• The Qing dynasty collapsed and a new dynasty dominated by the British emerged.

• The provincial gentry consolidated their power at the expense of the central state.

What was Lin Zexu’s purpose for writing this letter to Queen Victoria?

• to negotiate opening trade between China and Britain

• to attempt to stop the flow of opium into China

• to address the injuries the Chinese inflicted on the British

• to gain independence from unjust British rule

True or False: Japan did not play a role in colonizing or "imperializing" another region.

• True

• False

Which of the following was a distinctive feature of European colonial rule in the nineteenth century?

• The counting and classification of colonial populations

• The appreciation and celebration of ethnic diversity

• The assimilation of colonial subjects into European society

• The incorporation of Westernized colonial subjects into European governments

What was NOT a reason the Britain encourages the importation of opium into China?

• The British hoped to break China's positive balance of trade

• The British wanted to break China's monopoly on the Opium trade

• The British were aware of Opium's addictive qualities and knew there would be demand over time

• The British hoped to offset the money they were spending buying tea from China

Which event most directly influenced the change referred to in this passage?

• outbreak of the Boxer Rebellion

• meeting of the Berlin Conference

• negotiating at the Congress of Vienna

• collapse of the Ottoman Empire

Which country played a much more minor role in the second wave of European conquests in the long nineteenth century than it had played in the first wave during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

• Italy

• Britain

• Spain

• Germany

Which of the following characterized the “scramble for Africa” that led to the partition of nearly all of Africa among European colonial powers?

• The lack of bloodshed in the European colonial takeover of most of Africa

• The ease with which decentralized societies without any formal state structure succumbed to European colonial rule

• The decimation of the existing population as a result of the diseases carried by European conquerors against which Africans had no immunity

• The peaceful negotiations among the competing European states over “who got what”

Which conclusion can be drawn from this passage?

• China must assert dominance over its neighbors

• The Chinese people are happy with the rule of the Manchu.

• The Chinese people wanted to end foreign occupation.

• China has prospered under the rule of foreign powers.

Which of the following highlights the relationship between imperialism and nationalism?

• Views of Asians and Africans as “child races”

• Acknowledgement of Asia as the source of “civilization”

• Colonies as symbols of “Great Power” status

• Categorization of non-Europeans as “unfit” races