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WorksheetsAEF 2025 US Chapter 4 LT Quiz
Total questions: 90
Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins
Which country had the largest sphere of influence in Latin America during the Age of Imperialism?
United States
Spain
Mexico
England
Select ALL of the following tactics used in the Scramble for Africa.
Racially segregated concentration camps
European diplomacy through the Berlin Conference
Militarization of European troops
Equal opportunity trading alliances with local leaders
The economic system that prevailed from c. 1750-1900 was
Capitalism
Communism
Socialism
Mercantilism
What caused the Taiping and Boxer rebellions?
Foreign economic involvement in China
British selling opium to China
Indians refusing to touch the gunpowder pouches
Americans moving into West North America
What was Japan's response to foreign interference in the nineteenth century?
Adapt to Western politics and culture (Meiji Restoration)
Isolate themselves further by resisting and fighting
Became allies with the Chinese to become the dominant power in the region
Adapt to the ideas of the islanders and tribal people to resist
Why, in the time period c. 1750-1900, did European states fight to acquire overseas colonies?
To acquire raw materials to fuel their industrialization
To spread Enlightenment ideas
To abolish slavery worldwide
To stop the spread of Islam throughout the world
How were people able to migrate cheaper and faster?
New more affordable methods of transportation
Horses became more affordable for the common people
The elite paid for the lower class to migrate out of their country
Free trade policies made people wealthy in the countries
Which company took over other European states colonies in India?
British East India Company
British West India Company
Dutch East India Company
French East India Company
Why did European powers divide Africa by diplomatic agreements between each other?
Fear of going to war because of fierce competition
Rapid population increase in European colonies in Asia
Atlantic revolutions lead Europeans states to seek new troops
Creation of transnational business fostered exchange of raw materials
Ottoman empire weakens
1st Opium War
Rebellion in India against Britain
Scramble for Africa
Leopold II invasion of Congo
The following political cartoon describes which of the following?
Cuban Crisis
Monroe Doctrine
Spanish American War
Boxer Rebellion
This cartoon is symbolizing which event?
Berlin Conference
Trail of Tears
Spanish-American War
Treaty of Waitangi
By 1900 the only two African countries unclaimed by Europeans:
Ethiopia/Abyssinia
Nigeria
Senegal
Liberia
Match the following from the Berlin Conference:
Algeria
France
Angola
Portugal
Nigeria
Britain
Somalia
Italy
Tanzania
Germany
Match the following from the resistance or rebellion:
Tupac Amaru
Peru, Bolivia and Argentina
Benito Juarez
Mexico
Indian Removal act
United States
Maori Wars
New Zealand
Match the following Imperial nation with the country associated:
Britain
India
France
Indochina
Dutch
Indonesia
Belgium
Congo
Which of the following can be considered context to the Industrial Revolution
Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations and the beginning of capitalism.
Agricultural improvements
Scientific
Revolution
Champa Rice
Which of the following is a result of Manifest Destiny?
Purchase of Alaska from Russia.
Native Americans were forced onto reservations.
The transcontinental railway was completed.
A Treaty was signed between the US and New Zealand
Started as a penal colony
Australia
Seized control of the Spice islands
Dutch East India Company
Sepoys
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Ended the war but gave control from Spain to the US
Treaty of Paris
Unpaid workers called the corvee laborers, completed the Suez Canal under French management before British control.
Grand Canal
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
Erie Canal
Which of the following describes an ECONOMIC driving force of imperialsim?
Spread of Christianity
Raw Materials for Industrialization
Social Darwininsm
Spreading Communism
Match the following
a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially.
imperialism
the belief that one race is superior to others.
racism
the application of Charles Darwin’s ideas about evolution and “survival of the fittest” to human societies—particularly as justification for imperialist expansion.
Social Darwinism
A Dutch colonist in South Africa.
Zulu
Boer
Afrikaner
South African
Match the following
An independent but less-developed country controlled by private business interests rather than other governments
Economic Imperialism
A country or a territory governed internally by a foreign power
colony
A country or a territory with its own internal government but under the control of an outside power
protectorate
An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges
Sphere of Influence
the adoption of a conqueror’s culture by a conquered people
accute reaction
paternalism
assimilation
defeatism
Emperor of Ethiopia after 1889; he gained Ethiopian independence from Italy in 1896. (a)
The Taiping Rebellion...Manchu Qing Dynasty -v- Han Chinese
True
False
Native American practice during the Indian Wars believed to send away the white Americans, bring back the buffalo, and be a new age of Native American society and harmony
Xhosa Cattle Killings
Ghost Dance
Queue haircuts
Miniature portraits
Xhosa population lived in ____________ and grew tired of the Dutch and British presence, policies and resource administration in their land.
Indonesia
India
South Africa
South America
Nongqawuse experienced a divine vision from the Xhosa ancestors that said to...
destroy cattle and crops
destroy the British and Dutch
destroy crops
destroy horses and crops
The belief that it was up to Europeans to civilize lesser cultures
Imperialism
Manifest Destiny
White Man's Burden
Ethnocentrism
_________ is the political and economic control of an area or country by another
Imperialism
Racism
Nationalism
Communism
_____________ is an extreme love of one’s country
imperialism
nationalism
racism
Sepoy Rebellion
Why was India called the “jewel in the crown?”
It had a vast supply of diamonds, rubies, and sapphires.
The Sepoys were a perfect model of successful imperialism.
It was the most valuable of all of Britain’s colonies rich in natural resources.
India gave the Queen the largest diamond ever found to be mounted on her crown.
Which best illustrates a political motivation that influenced European imperialism?
Christian missionaries followed European explorers into central Africa.
Britain and Germany seized territory in West Africa to prevent France from claiming more land and to maintain a balance of power.
Belgium seized territory in Africa in order to dominate the international rubber and copper trade
The Dutch East India Company patrolled the waters of the Indian Ocean with its own fleet to protect its trading vessels.
The term Raj refers to the period of Indian history during which India was ____.
Independent
Ruled by Britain.
Torn apart by civil war.
Part of the Aryan empire
Which area came under direct control of European powers during the late 19th century?
South America
Africa
Saudi Arabia
Russia
One similarity between the Sepoy Mutiny in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China was that both were _______.
reactions to against European imperialism
movements to establish greater democracy
efforts to restore trade monopolies
struggles to Westernize their cultures.
Began when the United States demanded Cuba’s independence from Spain
Monroe Doctrine
Spanish-American War
Sepoy Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion
What was a primary reason for the establishment of the Open Door Policy?
To protect United States trade in China
To gain control of the Panama Canal Zone
To encourage Chinese immigration to the United States
To improve relations to China
What effect will the above Industrial Revolution technologies have on European Colonialism?
Inspire the Anti-Imperialist League to actively protest against colonialism
They gave European powers an advantage over indigenous Africans and Asians
These inventions required amounts of electricity, requiring them to take over other countries
Women gained full equality in colonial states
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force is called what?
Imperialism
Social Darwinism
Annexation
Cultural Superiority
Why did nations practice imperialism?
They wanted to compete with other empire-based nations
They needed more natural resources
They needed more markets to sell industrial goods
All of the Above
to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power
the burden of the white man is to support and uplift non-whites
imperialism was not democratic and engaging in it would be hypocritical
the nation's economic needs could be satisfied from within as the US should avoid risking itself in foreign entanglements
Economic motives for imperialism include _________.
a desire to spread Christianity
a need for military bases around the world
a need for raw materials to be used in factories
a desire to gain glory
Why did many industrialized or advanced countries need to takeover less advanced countries?
For better climate and cleaner environment
To create a democratic government
To teach the local population about recycling
To claim or takeover natural resources located in those countries
The belief that some societies or people are naturally better than others is
Social Darwinism
Expansionism
Militarism
Colonialism
What territorial acquisition was labeled “Seward’s Folly” by the American public?
Hawaii
Alaska
Philippines
Cuba
Which heading would best complete the outline below? a. The White Man's Burden b. Desire for natural resources and new marketplaces c. Social Darwinism d. The spread of Christianity
Results of Industrialization
Motives for Imperialism
Results of Imperialism
Causes of Industrialization
Who was the last monarch of Hawaii?
Queen Liliuokalani
King Leopold II
Sanford B. Dole
Charles Darwin
American planters living in what area overthrew the local government and subsequently requested annexation to the United States?
Cuba
Nicaragua
Hawaii
Philippines
This individual helped overthrow the Hawaiian monarchy. He proclaimed himself president of of the Republic of Hawaii prior to it being added to the United States.
Queen Liliuokalani
King Leopold II
Sanford B. Dole
Charles Darwin
What group was mainly interested in annexing Hawaii to the U.S.?
Hawaiian sugar cane planters
Hawaiian native people
European imperialists
U.S. citizens
By the early 1890s, the United States and Cuba were closely linked economically.
True
False
What ship exploded and forced the U.S. to go to war against Spain for Cuban independence?
USS Maryland
USS Mexico
USS Maine
USS Manhattan
How did newspaper headlines like this help start the Spanish-American War?
They created a fear of war.
They only reached those that could read.
They created a desire to go to war.
They accurately informed the news of the world.
The US fought and defeated Spain in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898, taking control of the Philippines.
True
False
Reasons for the Spanish American War? (pick three)
Yellow Journalism
Failure of the U.S. government
Sinking of the U.S.S Maine.
To protect businesses interests in Cuba
Put the following events in the correct order:
De Lome Letter criticizing McKinley published
Sinking of the USS Maine
Filipino American War
The Signing of the Treaty of Paris
What was the importance of gaining Guam and the Philippines as a territory?
they were key aquisitions in the Atlantic
they gave the US naval bases and trading ports in the Pacific
they were both owned by Japan
they were located near the Panama Canal
By winning the Spanish-American War, the US became a
communist country
world power
poor country
world banking country
Match each picture with the correct word or concept below.
Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
Jingoism
Yellow Journalism
US Imperialism
War for the Philippines
Match the maps with the territory acquired during the Spanish-American War.
The Philippines
Guam
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
The Platt Amendment prevented from incurring a large debt and prevented it from making treaties that might threaten their independence.
(a)
What type of foreign policy is associated with Woodrow Wilson?
Dollar Diplomacy
Big Stick Philosophy
Moral Diplomacy
Open Door Policy
What type of foreign policy is associated with William Howard Taft?
Big Stick Philosophy
Dollar Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
Open Door Policy
What was Roosevelt's foreign policy called?
Dollar Diplomacy
Big Stick Diplomacy
Sphere of Influence
Pan-Americanism
This cartoon is an example of:
Miitarism
Yellow Journalism
Black Journalism
Alliances
What was a result of headlines like the one above?
World War I begin
The Spanish-American War
The US entered World War I
The Union defeated the Confederacy
What were the two main locations of fighting during the Spanish-American War?
Alaska and Hawaii
Puerto Rico and Guam
Cuba and the Philippines
Spain and the United States
After the Spanish American War, the U.S. Directly controlled all of the following territories EXCEPT
The Philippines
Guam
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Which policy gave US the right to be the "policemen of the Western Hemisphere"
Roosevelt Corollary
Good Neighbor Policy
Open Door Policy
Marshall Plan
Why did Theodore Roosevelt help support a revolt against Columbia?
Columbia refused to comply with trade agreements
He wanted to establish a naval base in Columbia
He wanted to establish a colony in Columbia
He wanted to build the Panama Canal
Match the following presidents to their respective policies
Theodore Roosevelt
"Big Stick" Diplomacy
William Taft
Dollar Diplomacy
Woodrow Wilson
Moral Diplomacy
Reorder the following Presidents in chronological order
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Which of the following describes the "Open Door Policy"?
European countries and China agreed to keep American influence out of China
America and European countries agreed to establish free trade in China
America and China agreed to keep European influence out of China
Moral Diplomacy
Interfering with other countries on the basis of "what is right and wrong"
Keeping America out of all foreign affairs
Giving back all the land we took from Spain during the Spanish-American War
________________was a widely held belief in the 19th century United States that its settlers were destined to expand across North America.
Imperialism
Annexation
Monroe Doctrine
Manifest Destiny
What is the "White Man's Burden"?
A belief in "cultural superiority"
A philosophy related to Manifest Destiny
Taft's foreign policy approach
A belief in white privilege
Which of the following was NOT a motivating factor of imperialism?
Establish naval bases around the world
Expand to new world markets
Slavery
Spread American influence & democracy
__________warned against the establishment of any additional European colonies in Latin America.
Roosevelt Corollary
Monroe Doctrine
Woodrow Wilson
William H. Taft
___________: The system in which support is given only to the countries whose moral beliefs are similar to that of the democratic United States.
Dollar Diplomacy
Big Stick Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
__________used a combination of gifts and threats to convince Japan to enter into trade relations with the United States.
Commodore Matthew Perry
Lieutenant David Schwimmer
General Matt LeBlanc
This gave every country equal access to trade with China.
Boxer Rebellion
Open Door Policy
Modernization
Sphere of Influence
What prompted US government to participate in 1893 overthrow of Hawaiian monarchy?
Colonization of Pacific islands near Hawaii by European nations
Kidnapping of Christian missionaries by Hawaiian nationalists and the Queen
Queen Liliuokalani's attempt to reduce political and economic influence of American sugar planters
King Kalakaua's discussions with Japanese government to lease Pearl Harbor
