WorksheetsWH Imperialism Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following describes the situation that led to the start of the Taiping Rebellion?
a)
Regional warlords kept large standing armies that they maintained by taxing the peasants.
b)
Economic problems led to deteriorating conditions that culminated in a peasant revolt.
c)
Revolutionaries had attempted unsuccessfully to install a democratic government.
d)
Chinese citizens revolted when leaders began adopting Western values and institutions.
2.
How did advances in medicine impact imperialism?
a)
They allowed Southeast Asians to gain resistance to diseases brought by colonists.
b)
They allowed Europeans to stay healthy in climates where they could not before.
c)
They allowed Europeans to use their innovations to impress the Southeast Asians.
d)
They allowed Southeast Asians to work in healthier conditions.
3.
Why did Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata become allies against Venustiano Carranza?
a)
Their goals to help the working-class Mexicans were similar.
b)
They both supported a return to the old order and end reforms.
c)
They were both supported by the United States and other investors.
d)
They sought to ease suffering while maintaining landowners’ rights.
4.
Which political reform did the Mexican Revolution achieve?
a)
a dictatorship run by a general
b)
stable democratic government
c)
an oligarchy of the rich elite
d)
universal suffrage to all citizens
5.
When the British government took control of India from the East India Company, what group of people carried out British policy in India?
a)
British civil servants
b)
local Indian princes
c)
Mogul rulers
d)
upper-class Indians
6.
Why did the United States invest in the development of Latin American countries?
a)
to control the raw materials in those countries
b)
to collect the debts owed to other nations
c)
to help them become economically independent
d)
to set up truly representative governments
7.
Which of the following was an economic consequence of imperialism in Southeast Asia?
a)
the destruction of infrastructure
b)
the increase of wages for workers
c)
the industrialization of the region
d)
the development of plantation economies
8.
The British ultimately created class and ethnic tensions in Africa through
a)
its military presence.
b)
its conversion efforts.
c)
its educational programs.
d)
its policy of indirect rule.
9.
How did Cecil Rhodes contribute to the start of the Boer War?
a)
He backed a raid meant to start a British uprising in Transvaal.
b)
He backed policies meant to separate Africans from whites.
c)
He forced Africans to work on plantations or risk mutilation.
d)
He forced the Boers to go northward on the Great Trek.
10.
How did the expansion of the rail system impact Indian culture?
a)
It began a cultural revival to counteract British influence.
b)
It created uniformity in religious traditions of the various regions of India.
c)
It spread religious traditions from once-isolated regions.
d)
It allowed farmers to switch to cash crops such as cotton.
11.
How did Porfirio Díaz’s policies contribute to the beginning of the Mexican Revolution?
a)
He limited foreign investors’ control of Mexican land.
b)
His policies widened the gap between rich and poor.
c)
He attempted to redistribute land to the indigenous population.
d)
His policies drew disapproval from the Catholic Church.
12.
What was one a result of the Boxer Rebellion?
a)
China begrudgingly legalized the sale of opium.
b)
The emperor enacted the One Hundred Days of Reform.
c)
Several foreign powers sent armies into China.
d)
The Qing government became stronger than before.
13.
Which factor led to the further colonization of Australia by the British in the 1850s?
a)
the rise of racism
b)
the growth of trade
c)
the discovery of gold
d)
the protection of missionaries
14.
A major effect of the Open Door Policy was that it
a)
ended the system of spheres of influence.
b)
gave preferential treatment to American imports.
c)
reduced the incentive for imperial powers to fight over trade.
d)
pushed foreigners out of China thanks to creating a trade deficit.
15.
Which concept stemming from a new generation of urban and educated Southeast Asians became the focus of Southeast Asian colonial resistance movements in the early 1900s?
a)
nationalism
b)
westernization
c)
informal imperialism
d)
gunboat diplomacy
16.
What led to the failure of the Qing dynasty’s attempt at a constitutional monarchy?
a)
the reforms of the Revolution of 1911
b)
the success of the Boxer Rebellion
c)
Guangxu’s One Hundred Days of Reform
d)
Ci Xi’s retention of political power
17.
What was an outcome of the Boer War?
a)
the migration of many Boers out of Cape Colony
b)
the arrival of numerous colonists seeking quick riches
c)
the seizure of South African territory from the Dutch
d)
the limitation of black South African civil rights
18.
Why were the British able to crush the Great Rebellion despite being vastly outnumbered?
a)
The British controlled the vast rail system they had built throughout India.
b)
The Indians were not well organized as rivalries kept them from working together.
c)
The British had the support of the peasants who did not join the rebellion.
d)
The Indian princes had retained their land and remained loyal to the British.
19.
How did newspapers serve to bolster the Indian nationalism movement?
a)
They printed grammars in various Indian languages to help educate the population.
b)
They encouraged Indian novelist and poets to write in their regional languages.
c)
They conveyed negative feelings toward the British through suggestion.
d)
They promoted world peace and unity between Eastern and Western cultures.
20.
How was Italy humiliated during the “scramble for Africa?”
a)
It was defeated by an Ethiopian army.
b)
It was blocked by Germany in East Africa.
c)
It was defeated by a revolt led by the Mahdi.
d)
It was condemned for atrocities in Central Africa.
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