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Chapter 19: European Expansion CP World History Study Guide

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

What became the guide for U.S. foreign policy regarding Europe and South America?

(a)  

2.

Who translated the Bible into twenty Indian dialects and supervised the translation of twenty more?

(a)  

3.

Which Belgian king acquired the nine-hundred-thousand-square-mile Congo Free State?

(a)  

4.

The term for the race between European nations for control of Africa is the . . .

(a)  

5.

What act of Parliament created the Dominion of Canada?

(a)  

6.

During the nineteenth century, British colonies were granted what right that later allowed independence without widespread revolt?

(a)  

7.

Which U.S. president purchased eight-hundred-thousand square miles of French territory in North America?

(a)  

8.

Which Englishman was an early explorer of Australia and New Zealand?

(a)  

9.

What “culture system” did the Dutch impose in the East Indies?

(a)  

10.

What gave Westerners who broke Chinese law the right to be tried in their own national courts rather than in Chinese courts?

(a)  

11.

What wealthy British imperialist dreamed of a British territory stretching “from Cape to Cairo”?

(a)  

12.

What term means the extension of power by one people or country over another country?

(a)  

13.

Who was the great missionary-explorer of the African interior?

(a)  

14.

Which series of conflicts ended with the Treaty of Nanking?

(a)  

15.

What English missionary was instrumental in sending missionaries to inland China?

(a)  

16.

What was the result of the Great Trek?

(a)  

17.

Which two nations were rivals for control of India?

a)

Britain and France

b)

France and Spain

c)

Spain and Portugal

d)

Portugal and Britain

18.

Which of the following land acquisitions doubled the size of the United States?

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

annexation of Texas

c)

Mexican Cession

d)

purchase of Alaska

19.

Which of the following was not true concerning British involvement in India?

a)

The quality of life for many Indians diminished drastically.

b)

The British East India Company ruled for several years.

c)

The British taught the Indians certain Western ideas like political liberty.

d)

The British government eventually took over in India.

20.

Most of Australia’s original settlers were . . .

a)

missionaries.

b)

farmers.

c)

convicts.

d)

prospectors.

21.

What term best describes U.S. foreign policy from the time of Washington to World War I?

a)

alliance

b)

imperialism

c)

isolationism

d)

dominance

22.

Which of the following kept the United States from being totally isolated from world affairs?

a)

expansion of foreign trade and investments by American merchants and businessmen

b)

placement of troops in Mexico by the Spanish

c)

American tolerance for Cuban independence

d)

placement of troops in Cuba by the French

23.

The Sepoy Mutiny was a revolt . . .

a)

of Indian soldiers employed by the East India Company.

b)

by natives of Burma.

c)

by Indian sailors on a British ship.

d)

of Indonesian Muslims.

24.

The Battle of Plassey helped ensure British dominance in . . .

a)

Canada.

b)

Burma.

c)

South Africa.

d)

India.

25.

Which of the following permitted French Canadians the right to retain their language, law, and customs and to practice freely their Roman Catholic religion?

a)

British North America Act

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Quebec Act

d)

Roosevelt Corollary

26.

What two countries did Japan defeat between 1894 and 1905?

a)

Russia and France

b)

United States and China

c)

Britain and Russia

d)

China and Russia

27.

Which British commander led his forces to defeat an Indian ruler in 1757?

a)

Robert Clive

b)

James Cook

c)

Matthew Perry

d)

Cecil John Rhodes

28.

Britain gained Canada as a result of a war with . . .

a)

the Netherlands.

b)

France.

c)

Prussia.

d)

Spain.

29.

The Boers of South Africa were descendants of what European nationality?

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Dutch

d)

Austrian

30.

Thousands of miners poured into South Africa after the discovery of . . .

a)

gold and silver.

b)

gold and diamonds.

c)

diamonds and uranium.

d)

platinum and silver.

31.

Which Southeast Asian colony belonged to France?

a)

Burma

b)

Ceylon

c)

Indochina

d)

Indonesia

32.

Thailand is unique among Southeast Asian countries because . . .

a)

it remained independent.

b)

it became the only French colony.

c)

it was ruled by kings.

d)

it was the largest island nation.

33.

The first major international conflict after the defeat of Napoleon was the . . .

a)

Franco-Prussian War.

b)

Seven Weeks’ War.

c)

Crimean War.

d)

Austro-Prussian War.

34.

The Crimean War was the result of Russian attempts to gain Mediterranean territories from . . .

a)

France.

b)

Great Britain.

c)

Spain.

d)

the Ottoman Empire.

35.

Which of the following was a missionary to the cannibals of West Africa?

a)

William Carey

b)

David Livingstone

c)

Karl Peters

d)

Mary Slessor

36.

Which country was forced to give up much of its imperialistic gains due to the Congress of Berlin and the Anglo-Russian Entente?

a)

Germany

b)

Britain

c)

Ottoman Empire

d)

Russia

37.

Who founded the famous Foreign Legion, an elite army unit in West Africa?

a)

Britain

b)

United States

c)

Spain

d)

France

38.

Which dynasty ruled China during the Opium Wars?

a)

Song

b)

Tang

c)

Manchu

d)

Ming

e)

Yuang

39.

The most positive result of imperialism was the

a)

division of African tribes.

b)

missionary outreach.

c)

imposing of Western culture.

d)

acquisition of wealth.

40.

Britain received Hong Kong through the Treaty of . . .

a)

Canton.

b)

Nanking.

c)

Peking.

d)

Shanghai.

41.

Which American opened Japan’s doors to trade with the United States?

a)

Robert Clive

b)

James Cook

c)

Matthew Perry

d)

Cecil John Rhodes

42.

The Anglo-Russian Entente divided which area into three parts?

a)

Afghanistan

b)

the Balkans

c)

Pakistan

d)

Persia

43.

Which of the following was not true about the African slave trade?

a)

Slaves were examined and branded like animals.

b)

Europeans raided many African villages to get slaves.

c)

Trade grew significantly when Spain needed slaves for its colonies.

d)

About one in four slaves died on the voyage across the Atlantic.

44.

The Boxer Rebellion occurred because . . .

a)

a cult overthrew the Manchu dynasty.

b)

Westerners wanted to overthrow the Manchu dynasty.

c)

the Chinese wanted to eliminate Western influence.

d)

Chinese Christians hated the Manchu dynasty.

45.

Who explored the Congo and was hired by a newspaper to find another explorer in the African interior?

a)

David Livingstone

b)

Henry Stanley

c)

J. Hudson Taylor

d)

Karl Peters

46.

Wars between China and Great Britain were fought over the smuggling of . . .

a)

tea.

b)

silks.

c)

gold.

d)

opium.

47.

Which was the first treaty that Japan signed with a Western nation?

a)

Treaty of Nanking

b)

Treaty of Kanagawa

c)

Treaty of Tokugawa

d)

Treaty of Nagasaki

48.

Which country gained control of regions in northern and western Africa using its elite fighting force?

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

Germany

d)

Belgium

49.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


Baptist missionary to India

a)

William Carey

b)

J. Hudson Taylor

c)

Mary Slessor

d)

Henry Stanley

e)

David Livingstone

50.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


pioneer missionary in China

a)

William Carey

b)

J. Hudson Taylor

c)

Mary Slessor

d)

Henry Stanley

e)

David Livingstone

51.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


missionary to the cannibals of West Africa

a)

William Carey

b)

J. Hudson Taylor

c)

Mary Slessor

d)

Henry Stanley

e)

David Livingstone

52.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


explorer hired by the king of Belgium and by a U.S. newspaper

a)

William Carey

b)

J. Hudson Taylor

c)

Mary Slessor

d)

Henry Stanley

e)

David Livingstone

53.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


missionary-explorer who spent his life among the Africans

a)

William Carey

b)

J. Hudson Taylor

c)

Mary Slessor

d)

Henry Stanley

e)

David Livingstone

54.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


British empire-builder who sought a string of land in Africa “from Cape to Cairo”

a)

William Carey

b)

J. Hudson Taylor

c)

Cecil Rhodes

d)

Leopold II

e)

David Livingstone

55.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


king of Belgium who conquered the Congo

a)

William Carey

b)

J. Hudson Taylor

c)

James Monroe

d)

Leopold II

e)

David Livingstone

56.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


Korea

a)

Japan

b)

United States

c)

France

d)

Britain

e)

Netherlands

57.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


Philippine Islands

a)

Japan

b)

United States

c)

France

d)

Britain

e)

Netherlands

58.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


Indochina

a)

Japan

b)

United States

c)

France

d)

Britain

e)

Netherlands

59.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


India

a)

Japan

b)

United States

c)

France

d)

Britain

e)

Netherlands

60.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


East Indies

a)

Japan

b)

United States

c)

France

d)

Britain

e)

Netherlands