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WorksheetsDL Chapter 25 (Industrialization and Imperialism - Europe)
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Who ruled Java in the early 1600s?
the Dutch
the Portuguese
China
the sultans of Mataram
Who controlled Java by 1800?
the Dutch
Britain
the sultans of Mataram
the Portuguese
Sepoys were ________.
south Asian troops in the armies of the British East India Company
south Asian kingdoms
rebels against British rule in south Asia
the directors of the British East India Company
The British Raj was ________.
the governor of the British East India Company
British rule in south Asia
the British governor of south Asia
petty south Asian kingdoms under British rule
At the battle of Plassey, the ruler of Bengal fought ________.
a rival south Asian ruler
the French
the British
the Mughal emperor
The Presidencies were created to ________.
control trade with south Asia
rule south Asia
placate south Asian rulers
suppress Indian uprisings
The Princely States were ________ under British rule.
the lands of the British East India Company
the Presidencies
Muslim territories
autonomous Indian states
The nabobs were ________.
British sepoys
employees of the British East India Company
south Asian rulers
the rajputs
Who undertook the reform of British administration in south Asia?
Charles Cornwallis
James Cook
Robert Clive
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Jeremy Bentham was a proponent of ________.
Marxism
decolonization
Utilitarianism
romanticism
Ram Mohun Roy was a south Asian ________.
rebel
reformer
prince
merchant
Which of these was victorious at Isandhlwana?
the British
the French
the Zulus
the Boers
Which of these were colonies with a small proportion of Europeans?
settler colonies
factories
White Dominions
tropical dependencies
In settlement colonies, ________.
mineral resources were the main attraction
native peoples outnumbered Europeans
Europeans outnumbered local peoples
Europeans ruled directly
Which of these was a White Dominion?
Kongo
Java
Australia
Mexico
Who was the author of Prester John?
Robert Clive
Cecil Rhodes
John Buchan
James Mill
Which nation ruled the Congo in the late 1800s?
France
Belgium
Britain
Portugal
The Boers in South Africa were ________ in origin.
British
Spanish
Khoikhoi
Dutch
The Great Trek brought the Boers into conflict with ________.
Zulus
the British
the Mwene Mutapa
the Yoruba
Natal was a ________ colony in South Africa.
Boer
Portuguese
British
French
Which of these was a Boer Republic?
Natal
the Orange Free State
the Cape Colony
Rhodesia
Which of these was found in South Africa in 1867?
diamonds
gold
silver
platinum
Which of these men led the British against the Boers in South Africa?
Charles Cornwallis
John Buchan
Robert Clive
Cecil Rhodes
The first Europeans who arrived in New Zealand were ________.
farmers
ranchers and merchants
whalers and timber merchants
miners
Which of these men reached the Hawaiian Islands in the 1770s, preparing the way for European colonization?
James Cook
Cecil Rhodes
Charles Cornwallis
Jeremy Bentham
Map 25.2 on p. 591, “The Stages of Dutch Expansion in Java,” illustrates the ________ nature of Dutch colonization on the island.
rapid
piecemeal
partial
aggressive
Dutch activities on Java in the 1800s were typical of the period, ending in ________.
the establishment of factories
a settler colony
indirect rule
outright control
British colonization of south Asia can be characterized as ________.
gradual and unplanned
well coordinated
violent
the result of British planters’ actions
Map 25.3 on p. 593, “The Growth of the British Empire in India,” shows that British control of south Asia ________.
moved from south to north
began in Bombay and spread from there
moved roughly from the coasts inland
followed no pattern
Which of these made India vulnerable to British rule?
religious hostilities
lack of stable governments
centuries of political division
the region’s small size
India played a key role in the British Empire, largely because of its ________.
geographic position
mineral resources
proximity to China
tea plantations
European borrowing from the customs of those they colonized can be characterized as ________
minimal
growing steadily in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
especially heavy in the settler colonies
heavier in the 1700s than in the 1800s
In “Western Education and the Rise of an African and Asian Middle Class,” the authors argue that Western schooling ________ in the European colonies.
was only for Europeans
created new dependencies
was centered on religious education
had unintended consequences
In general, in the 1800s Europeans agreed that ________.
Europeans should not interfere in local culture
their culture was superior to those of Asia
south Asians should rule themselves
the greatest British contribution to south Asia was infrastructure
Industrialization tended to ________ imperialism.
put an end to
follow
encourage
create new arguments against
Which of these groups played little or no role in European imperialism of the 1800s?
missionaries
government officials
farmers
individual conquerors
Which of these was a key element in the successful scrambles for Asian and African territory in the late 1800s?
waves of European diseases that hit these regions
crumbling states in Asia and Africa
lack of Asian and African resistance
Europe’s growing technological advantage
According to Map 25.5 on p. 600, “The Partition of Southeast Asia and the Pacific to 1914,” ________ dominated in this region by World War I.
Britain
France
the Dutch
Germany
What was exceptional about the battle of Isandhlwana in 1879?
It took place in Africa.
It led to high African casualties.
It was an unusual victory of conventional fighting over European firepower.
The Zulus had more troops than the British.
Which of these played an important role in the distinctive development of tropical dependencies and settlement colonies?
natural resources
climate
distance from Europe
date of colonization
The idea of white racial superiority ________.
became most popular when European intervention in other nations peaked
developed to justify colonization, after the fact
was the main driving force for the imperialism of the 1800s
led to greater interaction between Europeans and those they ruled
Across Africa and Asia, more direct European rule meant also that colonized nations ________.
became economically dependent on Europe
developed infrastructure that would make decolonization easier
experienced impressive growth in literacy
began to prepare for independence
In the table on p. 605, “British Investment Abroad” in “Capitalism and Colonialism,” which of these patterns is clear?
The White Dominions furnished Britain with manufactured goods.
The United States was the largest market for British manufactures.
Britain depended on South Africa for textiles.
Britain primarily imported raw materials and exported manufactured goods.
Colonization in South Africa was unusual in the history of nineteenth-century colonization because it saw ________.
involved the dispossession of local peoples
warfare between two European nations
was spurred by the discovery of mineral resources
it led to British control
The discovery of diamonds in South Africa in the 1800s ________.
led to the first hostilities between colonists
led directly to British-Zulu fighting
heightened preexisting tension
brought the British to the region
In the face of British encroachment, the Maori were ________.
successful in maintaining their culture
reduced to a tiny proportion of their original population
driven to abandon their traditional culture
aggressive leading to British oppression
Which of these summarizes American annexation of Hawaii?
Hawaii was annexed as a convenient military base.
Hawaii was colonized and then annexed following a period of territorial rule.
The U.S. government was pressured into annexation when planters staged a coup.
War broke out between King Kamehameha and the United States, leading to annexation.
Looking at Map 25.1 on p. 590, “European Colonial Territories, Before and After 1800,” which of these regions saw the greatest changes?
Asia
the Americas
Africa
the Middle East
Which of these long-established patterns is visible in Map 25.4 on p. 599, “The Partition of Africa Between c. 1870 and 1914”?
Britain controlled most of southern Africa.
Kenya was tied to the Nile Valley.
The Sudanic states were able to resist European encroachment.
Ethiopia usually followed a different path from the rest of the continent.
In the context of European colonization in Africa, conditions like those found in the Belgian Congo were ________.
typical
an extreme example
an anomaly
ubiquitous
