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Imperialism

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

What do the dark-gray areas on this map represent?

a)

the British Empire

b)

countries attending the Congress of Vienna

c)

newly independent French colonies

d)

members of the Hanseatic League

2.

Which area of the world was most directly affected by the decisions made at the Berlin Conference?

a)

Africa

b)

China

c)

India

d)

South America

3.

The terms spheres of influence, extraterritoriality, and mandates are most closely associated with

a)

collective security

b)

militarism

c)

imperialism

d)

self sufficiency

4.

The idea expressed in this cartoon is most closely associated with the

a)

alliances formed in Europe

b)

division of Africa discussed at the Berlin Conference

c)

spheres of influence established in China by foreigners

d)

border changes made at the Congress of Vienna

5.

Which situation was a result of the 1884 Berlin Conference?

a)

Africa was divided without regard to ethnic groups.

b)

Monarchies were restored throughout Europe

c)

The slave trade with South America was eliminated

d)

The League of Nations was formed

6.

A major goal of both the Sepoy Mutiny and the Boxer Rebellion was to

a)

remove foreign influences

b)

restore parliamentary government

c)

improve access to civil service examinations

d)

outlaw caste systems

7.

“. . . I am willing to admit my pride in this accomplishment for Japan. The facts are these: It was not until the sixth year of Kaei (1853) that a steamship was seen for the first time; it was only in the second year of Ansei (1855) that we began to study navigation from the Dutch in Nagasaki; by 1860, the science was sufficiently understood to enable us to sail a ship across the Pacific. This means that about seven years after the first sight of a steamship, after only about five years of practice, the Japanese people made a transPacific crossing without help from foreign experts. I think we can without undue pride boast before the world of this courage and skill. As I have shown, the Japanese officers were to receive no aid from Captain Brooke throughout the voyage. Even in taking observations, our officers and the Americans made them independently of each other. Sometimes they compared their results, but we were never in the least dependent on the Americans. . . .”

— Eiichi Kiyooka, trans., The Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi, The Hokuseido Press, 1934


Which set of events is most closely associated with the nation described in this passage?

a)

end of the Opium War → creation of European spheres of influence

b)

end of the Tokugawa Shogunate → beginning of the Meiji Restoration

c)

fall of the Manchus → rise of Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen)

d)

imperialism in China → start of World War II

8.

Which statement best reflects an effect of imperialism in Africa?

a)

Land was distributed equally between social classes.

b)

Territorial divisions were primarily established using tribal boundaries

c)

Natural resources were exploited for the benefit of European powers

d)

Timbuktu became the center of great learning

9.

The idea of imperialism was primarily driven by

a)

revenge for the bombing of its cities

b)

the need for natural resources

c)

a desire to retain its traditional values

d)

a determination to spread Zen Buddhism

10.

Base your answer to the question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.


…Our celestial empire [China] rules over ten thousand kingdoms! Most surely do we possess a measure of godlike majesty which ye cannot fathom! Still we cannot bear to slay or exterminate without previous warning, and it is for this reason that we now clearly make known to you the fixed laws of our land. If the foreign merchants of your said honorable nation desire to continue their commercial intercourse, they then must tremblingly obey our recorded statutes, they must cut off for ever the source from which the opium flows, and on no account make an experiment of our laws in their own persons! Let then your highness [Queen Victoria] punish those of your subjects who may be criminal, do not endeavor to screen or conceal them, and thus you will secure peace and quietness to your possessions, thus will you more than ever display a proper sense of respect and obedience, and thus may we unitedly enjoy the common blessings of peace and happiness. What greater joy! What more complete felicity [harmony] than this!…

— Chinese High Commissioner Lin Zexu’s letter to Queen Victoria


Which event is most directly related to the 19th century situation described in this passage?

a)

signing of the Treaty of Nanjing

b)

Russo-Japanese War

c)

annexation of Korea

d)

Sepoy Rebellion

11.

The Berlin Conference is most closely associated with the colonization of

a)

South Asia

b)

East Asia

c)

Latin America

d)

Africa

12.

Which description of trade patterns best represents the relationship between Africa and Europe during the late 19th century?

a)

Trans-Saharan trade caravans led by Europeans were the most profitable.

b)

South Africa was of no interest to European traders

c)

Raw materials were shipped from Africa to European industries

d)

Rivers were the key highways connecting Europeans to much of the African interior

13.

Opium War (1839–1842)

Taipin Rebellion (1850–1864)

Boxer Rebellion (1898–1901)


This series of events is most closely associated with the

a)

spread of communism to China and Korea

b)

growing concerns about the influence of the West in China

c)

alliance formed between Vietnam and China

d)

increasing expansion of civil and political rights in China

14.

One major reason European countries engaged in imperialism in the late 19th century was to

a)

gain a better understanding of unknown territories

b)

ease tensions with their rivals

c)

develop treatments for diseases

d)

obtain markets for their manufactured goods

15.

What was a major reason European nations competed for control of Africa during the second half of the 1800s?

a)

Africa had a wealth of natural resources

b)

Slave labor was needed in the Americas

c)

African nations offered religious and political freedom

d)

Europeans needed land for their excess population