Imperialism and WWI Test

How did the British get Opium into China?

• Smuggling it through India

• Shipping it from Japan

• Smuggling it through Russia’

• Sailing from Africa

What was the Taiping Rebellion?

• A civil war in China caused by economic hardship

• An uprising of Japanese citizens against isolationism

• The invasion of Russian troops into China

• A British uprising against Chinese rulers

What did the British gain at the end of the Opium Wars?

• Extraterritorial rights

• Shipments of poppy flowers

• Weapons shipments

• More war with China

What was the Open Door Policy?

• The US effort to open more equal trade with China

• An immigration policy for people moving between colonies

• A plan for religious tolerance in China

• A diplomatic policy to negotiate territorial rights

What was the Boxer Rebellion?

• An uprising in China with the goal of expelling foreigners

• An uprising in Britain for better working wages

• An uprising in Japan to establish a democracy

• An uprising in France against factory conditions

What impact did Dr. Livingstone have on European interest in Africa?

• His descriptions of beautiful landscapes attracted people

• His writings about gold sparked a gold rush

• His discovery of coal deposits attracted British industrialists

• His comparisons to America attracted immigrants

What was the Berlin Conference?

• A meeting between European powers to carve up Africa

• A meeting between European and African powers to create mines

• A meeting between European powers to establish African independence

• A meeting between African powers to rebel against imperialist rule

What was the cause of the Sepoy Mutiny?

• British insensitivity to religious practices

• British denial of Hindus as British citizens

• Famine

• Military rule in China

Why was India seen as such a profitable colony?

• Tea and opium

• Coal deposits

• Silver deposits

• Slave labor

Why did Japan initially adopt a “closed country policy?”

• To avoid European influences

• To keep Chinese opium from being shipped to Japan

• To prevent influence from Hinduism

• To protect silk making