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New Imperialism & The Scramble for Africa

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are not one of the three G's of New Imperialism?

a)

God (missionaries - predominantly protestant).

b)

Glory (Nationalist expansion & prestige).

c)

Gold (raw materials for industrialization)

d)

Goods (raw materials for industrialization)

2.

This Scottish physician, Congregationalist, pioneer Christian missionary, and explorer in Africa.

a)

David Livingstone

b)

Eric Liddell

c)

Henry Morton Stanley

d)

Alfred Thayer Mahan

3.

Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist who was born in India. His major works include The Jungle Book famously wrote what text which makes him controversial today?

a)

The White Mans Burden

b)

The Vindication of the Rights of Woman

c)

The Jungle

d)

The Scopes Monkey Trial

4.

The theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Advocated by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

Anti-Semitism

c)

Zionism

d)

Eugenics

5.

This conference also known as the Congo Conference (German: Kongo Konferenz) or West Africa Conference (Westafrika -Konferenz), regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power.

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

Conference of Vienna

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Paris Peace Conference

6.

This highly influential text by Alfred Thayer Mahan inspired many nations to begin building up their navy's.

a)

The Influence Of Sea Power Upon History

b)

The Guns of August

c)

Orientalism

d)

On the Origins of Species

7.

During New Imperialism "Gold" took on a new meaning often meaning raw materials. What raw material found in the Congo & Philippines was needed industrial especially the automotive industry.

a)

Rubber

b)

Cotton

c)

Electricity

d)

Timber

8.

This conflict(s) saw China humbled by the Britain it declared war over illegal drug smuggling by the British.

a)

Opium Wars

b)

Opening of Japan

c)

Boxer Rebellion

d)

Taiping Rebellion

9.

What island/territory was seized by the British along with a sizable reparations as part of the treaty which ended the Opium Wars?

a)

Hong Kong

b)

Machu

c)

Taipei

d)

Taiwan

10.

Which are strategic points which the British Empire would own during this period?

a)

Strait of Gibraltar

b)

Cape of Good Hope

c)

Falklands (South of America)

d)

Strait of Malacca (Singapore)

e)

Suez Canal.

11.

What is the rush to gain territories in Africa during the era of New Imperialism called?

a)

Scramble for Africa

b)

Scrap for Africa

c)

Surprise for Africa

d)

The Rise of Africa

12.

What factors spurred the wave of New Imperialism in the 19th Century?

a)

Nationalism

b)

Militarism

c)

Industrialization

d)

Romanticism

13.

What factors halted the colonization of the interior of Africa before the 19th century?

a)

Disease

b)

The strength of native populations.

c)

Unnavigable rivers

d)

Vast mountains

14.

What technological advances made conquest of Africa possible?

a)

Steamboats

b)

Quinine medicine

c)

Machine guns

d)

Gin & tonics

15.

In the 1800's in India there were fewer that 1,000 British ruling over 300 million Indians. The British accomplished this by, "ruling through and by the natives" which is also known as?

a)

Indirect rule

b)

Direct rule

c)

Substitute rule

d)

Picking people with funny hats

16.

What advantages did submitting to imperial rule have for native officials?

a)

Native rules got to keep their position of power.

b)

Advantages included a Western education for your children.

c)

Lots of Gin and tonics.

d)

It had none.

17.

Who is a notable native people who resisted British rule in New Zealand?

a)

The Apache

b)

The Bores

c)

The Maori

d)

The Aborigines

18.

Which African Kingdom was able to maintain its independence during this time?

a)

Ethiopia

b)

South Africa

c)

Madagascar

d)

Egypt

19.

Which African Kingdom was conquered business imperialism after it over spent on modernization projects such as the Suez Canal, Ciro Opera House?

a)

Ethiopia

b)

South Africa

c)

Madagascar

d)

Egypt

20.

Which are examples of the complicated legacy of Imperialism?

a)

Cheap bananas.

b)

Call centers in India.

c)

Chocolate from Africa.

d)

Most everything else being produced in China.