Question 1

What body of theorists has the greatest interest in explaining how attitudes towards the slave trade evolved?

Accepted Answer

A)  Realists. 
B)  Liberals. 
C)  Constructivists. 
D)  Marxists. 
A)  Realists. 
B)  Liberals. 
C)  Constructivists. 
D)  Marxists.

Question 2

Where did Japan establish a protectorate in 1905?

Accepted Answer

A)  New Guinea. 
B)  Mongolia. 
C)  Manchuria. 
D)  Korea. 
A)  New Guinea. 
B)  Mongolia. 
C)  Manchuria. 
D)  Korea.

Question 3

What European country followed Spain and Portugal in developing an overseas empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  Holland. 
B)  Great Britain. 
C)  Sweden. 
D)  France. 
A)  Holland. 
B)  Great Britain. 
C)  Sweden. 
D)  France.

Question 4

What event led Great Britain to assume formal direct control of India?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Quit India Movement. 
B)  The Sepoy Rebellion. 
C)  The Anglo-Sikh War. 
D)  The Bodo Rebellion. 
A)  The Quit India Movement. 
B)  The Sepoy Rebellion. 
C)  The Anglo-Sikh War. 
D)  The Bodo Rebellion.

Question 5

What are Chinese migrants from rural to urban centers called?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Bare branches." 
B)  "Backwoodsmen." 
C)  "Blind flow." 
D)  "Hukou violators." 
A)  "Bare branches." 
B)  "Backwoodsmen." 
C)  "Blind flow." 
D)  "Hukou violators."

Question 6

Who was India's last viceroy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Louis Mountbatten. 
B)  George Curzon. 
C)  Robert Bulwer-Lytton. 
D)  Archibald Wavell. 
A)  Louis Mountbatten. 
B)  George Curzon. 
C)  Robert Bulwer-Lytton. 
D)  Archibald Wavell.

Question 7

What British adventurer pioneered British colonial penetration of southern Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Robert Clive. 
B)  General William Elphinstone. 
C)  Cecil Rhodes. 
D)  Sir Pierre Cavagnari. 
A)  Robert Clive. 
B)  General William Elphinstone. 
C)  Cecil Rhodes. 
D)  Sir Pierre Cavagnari.

Question 8

What political institution led the fight for Indian independence.

Accepted Answer

A)  The Congress Party. 
B)  The All India Forward Bloc. 
C)  Indian National Lok Dol. 
D)  The Bharatiya Janata Party. 
A)  The Congress Party. 
B)  The All India Forward Bloc. 
C)  Indian National Lok Dol. 
D)  The Bharatiya Janata Party.

Question 9

What type of identity in India separates Hindus into different social groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  Class. 
B)  Ethnicity. 
C)  Caste. 
D)  Race. 
A)  Class. 
B)  Ethnicity. 
C)  Caste. 
D)  Race.

Question 10

What country did Achmed Sukarno lead to independence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Malaya. 
B)  Indonesia. 
C)  Singapore. 
D)  Burma. 
A)  Malaya. 
B)  Indonesia. 
C)  Singapore. 
D)  Burma.

Question 11

What was apartheid?

Accepted Answer

A)  The official policy of religious separation followed by India after partition in 1947. 
B)  The official policy of racial separation followed by South Africa after 1948. 
C)  Iraq's unofficial policy of separating Shia and Sunni Muslims after 2009. 
D)  Kenya's policy of providing government posts to members of different tribal groups. 
A)  The official policy of religious separation followed by India after partition in 1947. 
B)  The official policy of racial separation followed by South Africa after 1948. 
C)  Iraq's unofficial policy of separating Shia and Sunni Muslims after 2009. 
D)  Kenya's policy of providing government posts to members of different tribal groups.

Question 12

Which European power controlled Gabon, Middle Congo, and Ubangi-Chari-Chad (today, the Central African Republic and Chad)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany. 
B)  Belgium. 
C)  France. 
D)  Great Britain. 
A)  Germany. 
B)  Belgium. 
C)  France. 
D)  Great Britain.

Question 13

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Allow Spain to colonize California. 
B)  Cede the East Indies to Holland. 
C)  Allow Portugal to open a trade station in Nagasaki, Japan. 
D)  Divide the New World between Spain and Portugal. 
A)  Allow Spain to colonize California. 
B)  Cede the East Indies to Holland. 
C)  Allow Portugal to open a trade station in Nagasaki, Japan. 
D)  Divide the New World between Spain and Portugal.

Question 14

Which of the following best describes the policy of nonalignment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Strict neutrality. 
B)  Complete isolation from global politics. 
C)  Pro-Western. 
D)  Non-membership in either the Western or Soviet blocs. 
A)  Strict neutrality. 
B)  Complete isolation from global politics. 
C)  Pro-Western. 
D)  Non-membership in either the Western or Soviet blocs.

Question 15

What non-European power sought to emulate the Europeans in building an empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A)  China. 
B)  Japan. 
C)  India. 
D)  Turkey. 
A)  China. 
B)  Japan. 
C)  India. 
D)  Turkey.

Question 16

Who was South Africa's first Black African president?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jacob Zuma. 
B)  Nelson Mandela. 
C)  Desmond Tutu. 
D)  Peter Botha. 
A)  Jacob Zuma. 
B)  Nelson Mandela. 
C)  Desmond Tutu. 
D)  Peter Botha.

Question 17

What was the main criticism of "modernization theory"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It assumed that Western Europe and the United States represented models of development that less-developed countries (LDCs) should follow. 
B)  It asserted the superiority of traditional social values in the achieving economic and political development. 
C)  It assumed that political change would have to occur before economic modernization could take place. 
D)  It advocated retaining colonial institutions in the process of economic modernization. 
A)  It assumed that Western Europe and the United States represented models of development that less-developed countries (LDCs) should follow. 
B)  It asserted the superiority of traditional social values in the achieving economic and political development. 
C)  It assumed that political change would have to occur before economic modernization could take place. 
D)  It advocated retaining colonial institutions in the process of economic modernization.

Question 18

Which of the following did not contribute to European imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Balance of power. 
B)  Missionary zeal. 
C)  Nationalism. 
D)  Industrialization. 
A)  Balance of power. 
B)  Missionary zeal. 
C)  Nationalism. 
D)  Industrialization.

Question 19

What colonial territory is portrayed in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sierra Leone. 
B)  Rhodesia. 
C)  The Gold Coast. 
D)  The Belgian Congo. 
A)  Sierra Leone. 
B)  Rhodesia. 
C)  The Gold Coast. 
D)  The Belgian Congo.

Question 20

Which Europeans conquered what is today Indonesia?

Accepted Answer

A)  The French. 
B)  The Dutch. 
C)  The Spanish. 
D)  The English. 
A)  The French. 
B)  The Dutch. 
C)  The Spanish. 
D)  The English.

What body of theorists has the greatest interest in explaining how attitudes towards the slave trade evolved?

Where did Japan establish a protectorate in 1905?

What European country followed Spain and Portugal in developing an overseas empire?

What event led Great Britain to assume formal direct control of India?

What are Chinese migrants from rural to urban centers called?

Who was India's last viceroy?

What British adventurer pioneered British colonial penetration of southern Africa?

What political institution led the fight for Indian independence.

What type of identity in India separates Hindus into different social groups?

What country did Achmed Sukarno lead to independence?

What was apartheid?

Which European power controlled Gabon, Middle Congo, and Ubangi-Chari-Chad (today, the Central African Republic and Chad)?

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Which of the following best describes the policy of nonalignment?

What non-European power sought to emulate the Europeans in building an empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Who was South Africa's first Black African president?

What was the main criticism of "modernization theory"?

Which of the following did not contribute to European imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

What colonial territory is portrayed in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness?

Which Europeans conquered what is today Indonesia?

Prologue

An Introduction to Global Politics: Change and Continuity

The Evolution of the Interstate System and Alternative Political Systems

The World Wars

The Cold War

Globalization: The New Frontier

Great Issues in Contemporary Global Politics

Causes of War

Technology and the Changing Face of War

International Law and Organization and the Quest for Peace

Identity Politics: Nationalism and Ethnicity

International Political Economy

Human Rights

Human Security

The Environment: a Global Collective Good

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Exam 6: Decolonization and the Global South

What body of theorists has the greatest interest in explaining how attitudes towards the slave trade evolved?

Where did Japan establish a protectorate in 1905?

What European country followed Spain and Portugal in developing an overseas empire?

What event led Great Britain to assume formal direct control of India?

What are Chinese migrants from rural to urban centers called?

Who was India's last viceroy?

What British adventurer pioneered British colonial penetration of southern Africa?

What political institution led the fight for Indian independence.

What type of identity in India separates Hindus into different social groups?

What country did Achmed Sukarno lead to independence?

What was apartheid?

Which European power controlled Gabon, Middle Congo, and Ubangi-Chari-Chad (today, the Central African Republic and Chad)?

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Which of the following best describes the policy of nonalignment?

What non-European power sought to emulate the Europeans in building an empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Who was South Africa's first Black African president?

What was the main criticism of "modernization theory"?

Which of the following did not contribute to European imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

What colonial territory is portrayed in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness?

Which Europeans conquered what is today Indonesia?

Prologue

An Introduction to Global Politics: Change and Continuity

The Evolution of the Interstate System and Alternative Political Systems

The World Wars

The Cold War

Globalization: The New Frontier

Great Issues in Contemporary Global Politics

Causes of War

Technology and the Changing Face of War

International Law and Organization and the Quest for Peace

Identity Politics: Nationalism and Ethnicity

International Political Economy

Human Rights

Human Security

The Environment: a Global Collective Good

Filters