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Imperialism Test Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did they need to sell the goods made in their factories?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Factories

c)

Markets

d)

Slaves

2.

Imperialism controversy: what were some pros?

a)

Local warfare

b)

Imperial country thought themselves superior

c)

Encouraged human rights

d)

Destroyed local businesses

e)

Kept native people from moving upward in society

3.

Imperialism controversy: what were some cons?

a)

Ended local warfare

b)

Imperial country thought themselves superior

c)

Encouraged human rights

d)

Destroyed local businesses

e)

Kept native people from moving upward in society

4.

What is a colony?

a)

Protected by the imperial nation's military

b)

Direct control by the imperial nation

c)

Imperial power was the only one that could trade in the region

5.

What is Protectorate?

a)

Protected by the imperial nation's military

b)

Direct control by the imperial nation

c)

Imperial power was the only one that could trade in the region

6.

What is Sphere of the influence?

a)

protected by the imperial nation's military

b)

Direct control of the imperial nation

c)

Imperial power was the only one that could trade in the region?

7.

What does "The sun never sets on the British Empire." mean?

a)

How tall the Empire castle was

b)

How independent the British Empire is

c)

Emphasizes how big the British Empire is

8.

What company begins trading in India in the 1800s?

a)

The Textile Company

b)

The Manufacturing Company

c)

The British East India Company

9.

Who were hired Indian soldiers?

a)

Sepoys

b)

Boers

10.

Imperialism is a policy of extending power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The race for Africa began when _________ Claimed an area around the Congo

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Belgium

12.

The Berlin Conference was a conference with 14 European Nations met to decide how Africa was going to be divided

a)

True

b)

False

13.

India was NOT called the Jewel of the Crown in the British Empire

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What two countries split the cost of the canal? (52% vs. 48%)

a)

Egyptians and French

b)

Egyptians and Indians

c)

French and Great Britain

d)

Indians and Europe

15.

What year did President James Monroe tell Europeans not to build any new colonies in the Americas?

a)

1822

b)

1823

c)

1824

d)

1946

16.

Who bought Alaska from Russia in 1867?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

James Monroe

c)

Dave

d)

William Seward

17.

What year did they annex Hawaii?

a)

1896

b)

1897

c)

1898

d)

1899

18.

The Japanese do not care about the massive boats and the threat of attack on the city of Edo and they don't agree to trade with the U.S.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Imperial family takes control, emperor begins studying western culture-also known as?

a)

Sphere of Influence

b)

Meji Restoration

c)

Protectorate

20.

What year did the Panama Canal open?

a)

1912

b)

1913

c)

1914

d)

1915