How Indigenous People RESISTED Imperial Expansion [AP World History Review—Unit 6 Topic 3]

Which Enlightenment idea, introduced through Western education, led many colonized people to question the legitimacy of imperial rule?

• Divine Right of Kings

• Popular Sovereignty

• Mercantilism

• Feudalism

How did the imposition of imperial powers' will, language, and culture on colonized peoples often lead to resistance?

• It led to increased economic prosperity, making resistance unnecessary.

• It fostered a sense of shared identity and nationalism among the conquered.

• It resulted in the immediate adoption of imperial cultures, preventing conflict.

• It encouraged colonized peoples to seek alliances with other imperial powers.

What was the primary cultural symbol that the British attempted to seize, leading to the Yaa Asantewaa War?

• The Royal Scepter

• The Golden Stool

• The Sacred Drum

• The Ancestral Mask

What was the core prophecy that inspired the Xhosa Cattle Killing Movement in Southern Africa?

• That sacrificing cattle would bring a bountiful harvest.

• That killing cattle would cause new, healthy cattle to rise and ancestral spirits to drive out Europeans.

• That the British would leave if the Xhosa demonstrated their piety.

• That the cattle were diseased and needed to be culled for public health.