U6 Essentials

The trade described in the passage is best seen as an early example of which of the following?

• The economic decline of Asian states resulting from the importation of cheap consumer goods from Europe

• The growing economic influence of European immigrants in China

• The declining political power of European joint-stock companies in Asia because of states assuming direct imperial control

• The use of economic imperialism by European merchants and states

The freight transported on the railways to the ports of Buenos Aires and La Plata most likely consisted largely of

• Argentinian meat and raw materials for export to Great Britain and Europe

• Argentinian precision machinery for export to Great Britain and Europe

• Brazilian coffee and rubber for export to Great Britain and Europe

• British and European industrial imports arriving in Argentina via Chile

3. An increase in the number of overseas investment opportunities such as those shown in the table in the nineteenth century most strongly contributed to which of the following processes?

• Global migration to metropoles from Asia and Africa, as Western businesses recruited financial experts

• Economic imperialism in Asia and Latin America, as Western individuals and businesses pressured their governments to protect their investments

• An expansion of artisan manufacturing in Latin America and Africa, as traditional local businesses were revived through Western investment

• A broad improvement in living standards in Western societies, as the working classes were able to afford foreign luxury goods

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the data in the table?

• Traditional elites introduced complex financial practices

• Financial practices facilitated deeper global economic integration.

• Transnational businesses incorporated local merchants into their companies

• Governments sought to stimulate economic activity through lending.

Césaire’s interpretation of the nature of precolonial societies is most directly influenced by which of the following?

• The capitalist principle that markets will self-regulate

• The Marxist idea that early societies were classless

• The Social Darwinist concept of the survival of the fittest

• The totalitarian concept of the primacy of group interests over individual interests

The author’s political point of view can be most clearly seen in the way in which the passage

• neglects to mention that South Asian migrants were a key source of labor for Western transnational corporations

• disparages the development of contemporary Hinduism

• omits any mention of the economic exploitation and resource extraction practiced by the British in India

• attributes historical events to divine intervention

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

• It became the basis for scientific research of human development

• It provided a scientific explanation of the evolution of animals and plants

• It became the basis for all subsequent scientific research on species extinction.

• It became the basis of various theories asserting that Europeans were naturally superior to other peoples

In the Japanese print above of the war between China and Japan (1894-1895), the artist suggests that the

• Chinese were brave and honorable opponents

• Japanese fought by using time-honored samurai tactics and weapons

• Japanese showed their mastery of Western technology, dress and military bearing

• Chinese actively sought foreign help against the Japanese

The religious tensions alluded to in Poem 2 would result most directly in which of the following?

• The migration of many South Asians to Great Britain

• The development of new syncretic belief systems in India such as Sikhism and Bahaism

• The Japanese invasion of India during the Second World War

• The population resettlement following the partition of South Asia into India and Pakistan after independence

In Poem 2, the reference to Indian victories on battlefields is best understood in the context of which of the following?

• Violent resistance by Indians to colonial rule

• The drafting of migrants into the militaries of host countries

• Indian resistance to Japanese imperialism

• The mobilization of Indian troops to fight in Great Britain’s wars