WorksheetsStrayer Ch 19-20 Exam Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 45mins
What role did Spain and Portugal play in the second European imperialism?
A prominent role
About the same as other European powers
A minor role
None
What was the long-term plan of the British for taking over control of India?
To suddenly conquer India all at once.
To conquer it in stages.
To arrange for India's Mughal ruler to intermarry into the British royal family.
There was no long-range plan on behalf of the British to take over India.
What was the fate of decentralized societies that did not have a strong ruler or government under European conquest, such as the small kingdoms and chiefdoms of West Africa?
They were easily incorporated into the new European colony.
They quickly formed organized central states to deal with the European invaders.
They faced protracted, brutal warfare and mass destruction, village by village.
They managed to hide to convince Europeans that they were not there anymore.
Why did Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii become settler populations, in which Europeans became the vast majority of the population?
The weather in these places was highly attractive to European/American settlers.
These places were easily accessible from Britain and the United States.
These places had never had a lot of people in them
The native population in these places had been decimated by European disease.
Which of the following best characterizes the response of most Asian and
African societies to European conquests in the nineteenth century?
Most societies accepted their defeat gracefully.
Most societies gave in to domination after a short, decisive loss to European forces.
Most societies fought long, bloody, asymmetric wars against the European invaders.
The responses covered a wide range from active resistance to accommodation.
How were such small numbers of Europeans able to govern such huge and populous territories?
By reinforcing the power of local rulers and thus earning their loyalty
By wiping out most of the local population through disease
By building railroads, thus traveling swiftly from place to place
By tricking local populations into thinking there were more Europeans than actually were present
What relationship existed between the number of white settlers and the degree of racial segregation and discrimination in African and Asian colonies?
The more white settlers in a colony, the less racial discrimination there was.
The more white settlers in a colony, the more racial discrimination there was.
The fewer white settlers in a colony, the more racial discrimination there was.
The number of white settlers and the amount of racial segregation and discrimination were not linked.
How did Europeans justify the paradox that they valued national independence and Enlightenment values such as freedom and equality, yet denied these things to the people they colonized?
They never noticed the irony.
They abandoned their Enlightenment beliefs so as to not be hypocrites.
They fell back on Christianity as a justification.
They feared the unrest that would occur if their colonial subjects learned modern values such as nationalism and democracy.
What was the main motivation behind Europeans' widespread use of violence to force Africans to do hard labor?
To punish them for crimes or insurrection
To remind them of European superiority
To cheaply extract raw materials for industry
A lack of money with which to pay Africans
Which of the following was NOT a prominent reason for the migration of millions of colonial subjects in Asia and Africa to work in European-owned enterprises?
Loss of land
Good working conditions
Need for money
Orders of colonial authorities
Which of the following best characterizes the new metropolises of the African and Asian colonial world?
Quaint but vibrant
Sanitary and spacious
Overcrowded and unsanitary
Family-friendly
Which of the following was NOT a consequence of European colonialism for African women?
Especially in South Africa, many became heads of impoverished households in the rural areas, as their husbands left for work in the mines or cities.
Some in West Africa established themselves as small-scale traders.
Under the influence of Christianity, most began to marry later and have smaller families
Their domestic workload increased greatly, as men were involved in the modern economy.
Which of the following best describes the aspirations of many of the European-educated elite members of colonized societies?
They hoped to keep their knowledge to themselves.
They hoped to use their knowledge to modernize and enlighten their countrymen.
They hoped to completely sever all ties between themselves and their ethnic heritage.
They hoped only to impress their European masters with their knowledge of Western ways.
What is one reason that so many non-Muslim Africans found Christianity so appealing?
It seemed to provide protection against the outside world.
Missionaries claimed to possess the same magic powers as traditional medicine men.
Christian schools and missions offered opportunity to the poor and oppressed in Africa.
The story of Jesus was strikingly similar to many traditional African folktales.
What role did Hindu leaders such as Swami Vivekananda see for Indian spirituality in terms of Western culture?
They believed Indian spiritual beliefs would be destroyed by Western materialism.
They believed Indian spiritual beliefs could save the West from its own dangerous materialism.
They believed Indian spiritual beliefs would co-exist peacefully with Western culture.
They believed that Indian spiritual beliefs would outlast the temporary dominance of the West.
Why did Europeans so often use the notion of "tribe" to describe African
societies?
The notion conformed to European prejudices and aided colonial governance.
The notion was based on a bad translation of a Shona word meaning "village"
The notion was meant to give Africans a new sense of hope and belonging.
Tribes were the main form of organization in Africa already.
In what ways did the new category of "tribe" benefit many Africans?
It gave them the right to vote.
It allowed them to travel wherever they wanted.
It gave them a support network when they had to migrate for work.
It did not benefit Africans at all, only Europeans.
Some African intellectuals sought to defend African culture by arguing that it was unique, different, and valuable in all of the following ways EXCEPT
African culture was more spiritual than European culture.
African culture was more egalitarian and communal than European culture.
African culture was more warlike than European culture.
African culture was more harmonious with nature than European culture
The French colony marked at location A is
Algeria
French West Africa
Libya
Liberia
The British colony marked at location B is
Union of South Africa
Zaire
Angola
Rhodesia
The British colony marked at location C is
Union of South Africa
Zimbabwe
Angola
Rhodesia
The German colony marked at location D is
Angola
Afrikaaner
German Southwest Africa
Transvaal
Which best describes the historical significance of the Indian Rebellion of 1857-1858?
The British government took more direct control of colonial affairs in India
Indians won numerous political and religious concessions from the British government
Britain responded with vigorous, widespread attempts at converting Hindus and Muslims to Christians
The British military began using rifle cartridges that contained pig and cow fat
The historical significance of Edward Blyden is best described in that he
used Social Darwinism to promote British imperialism in Nigeria and Rhodesia
believed that Africans, like Europeans, were competitive and individualistic in nature
succeeded in promoting Marxist independence and became Zimbabwe’s first president in 1979
argued Africans had unique qualities to contribute towards world civilization
Which of the following European ideas about Asians and Africans is older than the others, emerging before the nineteenth century?
The idea that Asians and Africans were "heathen" because they were not Christian
The idea that Asians and Africans were "weaker races" that Europe was fated to dominate
The idea that Asians and Africans were inferior because Europeans had unlocked the secrets of nature and had amassed unprecedented wealth and military power
The idea that the inferiority of Asians and Africans could be proved through scientific study
One reason the ancient kingdoms in western Africa prospered was that they
were located along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
had no contact with the rest of the world
followed the Hindu beliefs of their rulers
developed extensive trade in gold, ivory, and salt
