Deck 12: The New Imperialism in Africa and Southeast Asia, 1830–1914

Question 1

What was a major cause of the mad scramble for African territory by European powers in the 1880s?

A)The discovery of gold in South Africa
B)Belgium's aggressive actions in Africa to gain territory
C)Advances in military technology
D)Fear of the growing power of Great Britain
E)Increasing numbers of African territories gaining independence

Answer 1

Belgium's aggressive actions in Africa to gain territory

Question 2

Within Europe,leaders used ____ in their efforts to muster public support for their imperialist goals.

A)Christian zeal
B)fear of foreign domination
C)patriotism
D)militarism
E)fear

Answer 2

patriotism

Question 3

Why were the people of Botswana spared the agonies of later apartheid in South Africa?

A)Because of the deal they made with France
B)Because of their effort and skill in diplomatic meetings with government officials in London in 1895
C)Because their military skills overwhelmed the British
D)Because they succeeded in uniting other peoples in their fight against the British
E)Because Botswana had no resources that were of interest to the British

Answer 3

Because of their effort and skill in diplomatic meetings with government officials in London in 1895

Question 4

Bishop Crowther is important because he

A)fought for African wars for independence.
B)defended the ability of Africans to have a major voice in European policies in Africa.
C)moved to London and became an Anglican bishop there.
D)translated Christian texts into various African languages.
E)petitioned the Vatican for doctrinal reform.

Question 5

In ____ years,the European powers drew colonial boundaries on their maps of Africa,without consent of the natives in most cases.

A)100
B)50
C)5
D)20
E)200

Question 6

The social characteristics of New Imperialism were associated with

A)ethnocentrism.
B)colonial independence.
C)education.
D)racial equality.
E)science.

Question 7

What best describes the New Imperialism that emerged in the late nineteenth century?

A)Heightened competition between European states for African raw materials and markets
B)Industry-backed expansion of the slave trade
C)Economic quest for the best quality materials and finished goods
D)Increased exports of European raw material into Africa
E)Increased independence for African nations from European powers

Question 8

What was the result of having a West African Anglican bishop?

A)White missionaries accepted Crowther as a symbol of their success.
B)Crowther's appointment helped to destroy the Social Darwinist attitude toward Africans.
C)The appointment proved to the Anglican Church that it was to their benefit to have an African bishop.
D)The bishop was forced into retirement and replaced by an English bishop.
E)White missionaries began to tutor other Africans to follow in Crowther's footsteps.

Question 9

What was a result of Stanley's explorations?

A)Recognition of scope of the Congo River
B)Search for valuable resources in Central Africa
C)Establishment of new missions in Central Africa
D)Claiming Central Africa in the name of Great Britain
E)Establishment of British military forts in Central Africa

Question 10

To the Bangwato,the term Jah! Jah! meant

A)Welcome!
B)Be careful!
C)Oh dear!
D)It's time to pray!
E)I'm sorry!

Question 11

As the most dominant power of the time,England initially enforced an economic policy of

A)mercantilism.
B)free trade.
C)high tariffs.
D)reciprocal trade treaties.
E)low tariffs.

Question 12

Germany wished to compete with ____ in acquiring an empire of its own.

A)France
B)Russia
C)Italy
D)the United States
E)Britain

Question 13

Who called for the Berlin Conference in 1884?

A)Queen Victoria
B)King Leopold II
C)Henry Morton Stanley
D)Samuel Ajayi Crowther
E)Otto von Bismarck

Question 14

To guarantee that he personally profit from his discoveries,Stanley formed an alliance with the leaders of

A)France.
B)England.
C)Germany.
D)Belgium.
E)the Congo.

Question 15

Imperialistic nations promoted the idea that they

A)were on a civilizing mission.
B)were exploring new cultures.
C)could learn something from other  peoples of the world.
D)had a right to conquer weaker people.
E)had to assume control of these countries; otherwise, these lesser nations might try to seize control of Europe.

Question 16

Which British leader of this time was committed to empire?

A)Queen Victoria
B)Samuel Crowther
C)Otto von Bismarck
D)David Livingstone
E)Henry Morton Stanley

Question 17

Which statement about David Livingstone is FALSE?

A)He believed in the intellectual and spiritual capacities of African peoples.
B)He was a well-known explorer of Africa.
C)He spent much of his time in Africa preaching to various villages and groups.
D)His goal was fulfilled when Samuel Ajayi Crowther became the first African bishop.
E)He was responsible for the political sovereignty of several African nations.

Question 18

Otto von Bismarck,recognizing that King Leopold II's maneuvers in Africa might throw off the global balance of power,proposed that

A)Germany declare war on Belgium.
B)the U.S. and Britain join forces with him to stop Leopold.
C)Africa forge an alliance with Germany.
D)European powers meet to establish rules for the partition of Africa.
E)European powers craft a trade agreement with Africa.

Question 19

According to the text,all of these regions were exploited in the global era of New Imperialism EXCEPT

A)Korea.
B)Polynesia.
C)Japan.
D)Amerindian societies.
E)Africa.

Question 20

The Bangwato peoples,discussed in this chapter,resided in present-day

A)Botswana.
B)Zambia.
C)Mozambique.
D)Republic of South Africa.
E)Namibia.

Question 21

Which of these statements about the Suez Canal is FALSE?

A)The building and financing of the canal was collaboration between France and England.
B)Egypt depended on revenues from cotton to keep its independence and stock in the canal.
C)With the fall in cotton revenue, the Egyptian khedive was forced to sell their stocks to the British.
D)With the alliance of France and Egypt, England lost a great deal of power over the canal and the area.
E)England forced both political and military oversight of Egypt.

Question 22

John Africanus Horton recommended that

A)African nations join together to repel European incursions.
B)Africans merge their traditions with western models to ensure swift progress.
C)Africa should be purged of all foreign influences.
D)a call should be made to Islam for aid against Christian missionaries.
E)Britain should extend dominion status to its African holdings, similar to that of Canada.

Question 23

Cecil Rhodes can best be described as a

A)member of Parliament who crafted the British plan for imperialism in South Africa.
B)mining expert hired by the British South Africa company to extract gold from South Africa.
C)mining magnate who helped expand British territorial holdings in southern Africa.
D)British missionary who sought to bring Christianity to South African people.
E)brilliant military strategist who successfully attacked the Boer republics.

Question 24

As powerful as the Asante kingdom was,why was it defeated by the British?

A)The British fielded a smaller special elite corps of marines.
B)The Asante navy was no match for British gunboats.
C)France, Belgium, and Germany joined forces with the British.
D)Rival chieftains joined the British forces.
E)European diseases destroyed the Asante army.

Question 25

The most serious resistance to the British in Sudan was led by

A)Muhammad Ahmad.
B)Muhammad Ali.
C)Belgian troops allied with Egypt.
D)Bangwato.
E)French and German troops in Sudan.

Question 26

Which of these tactics was used by the British against the Boers in the South African War?

A)Deportation of women and children
B)Execution of all captured Boer soldiers
C)Concentration camps
D)Placing of Boer civilians in harm's way to protect against attacks from the Boer military
E)Tanks and airplanes

Question 27

Why did the British seek to achieve "effective occupation" of the savanna region?

A)To stop the spread of Islam
B)To prevent the unification of Muslim Egypt and West Africa
C)To halt the French from seizing control of Egypt
D)To prevent the further centralization of Muslim power was centralized under the leadership of Usuman dan Fodio
E)To block a French-German alliance along coastal West Africa that threatened Britain's Suez Canal

Question 28

How did Shaka's rule affect women?

A)They were ordered to have children to increase the size of the race.
B)They were organized into agricultural regiments.
C)They had to petition Shaka for permission to travel.
D)They were drafted into the industrial labor force.
E)They were required to feed and house Shaka's soldiers.

Question 29

What especially enticed the British to establish colonies in Africa after 1870?

A)Rivalry with Germany
B)Rivalry with France
C)Desire to control the Indian and Red Seas and other areas necessary to secure the Suez Canal
D)Rivalry with the Dutch
E)Discovery of gold and diamonds

Question 30

How did the results of the South African War affect the native Africans?

A)South Africa retained its independence but made cooperation pacts with the British.
B)South Africans were regarded as a cheap labor source by both British and Boer leaders.
C)The native Africans gained access to free land if they agreed to give a percentage of their harvests to the government.
D)The native Africans were allowed to send black representatives to the South African parliament.
E)The native Africans were forced to work on railroads.

Question 31

Which nations held the largest African empires?

A)Belgium and Britain
B)France and Germany
C)Germany and Belgium
D)Britain and Germany
E)France and Britain

Question 32

After the end of slavery,what African product from sub-Saharan Africa became an important source of wealth?

A)Cotton
B)Diamonds
C)Gold
D)Furs
E)Palm oil

Question 33

Militarily,the use of ____ was a major contribution to the British defeat of the Zulu.

A)germ warfare
B)poisoned food
C)the machine gun
D)cavalry
E)deforestation

Question 34

Why did many Xhosa people kill their cattle?

A)They wanted to starve British settlers.
B)They were acting on Shaka's orders.
C)They hoped to trade the meat and hides.
D)They believed that by doing so, evil would be purged from their land.
E)They believed the cattle had been tainted by European intruders.

Question 35

Why were Samori Toure's forces unable to defeat the French invasion into West African Muslim territory?

A)The French already had strong support in the region.
B)Samori appointed himself as general.
C)West Africans had fewer horses than the French, which limited their mobility.
D)Samori could not muster the necessary local support for his guerrilla warfare campaign.
E)The British joined forces with the French.

Question 36

Appeals from ____ provided a strong humanitarian argument for greater British involvement in the interior of East Africa.

A)Cecil Rhodes
B)Shaka
C)King Khama
D)Samori Toure
E)David Livingstone

Question 37

Before 1878,most European attempts at colonizing Africa happened

A)in Nigeria only.
B)throughout the interior.
C)throughout the entire continent.
D)in island territories.
E)along the coast.

Question 38

Compared to other nations,all of these factors made African imperialism particularly complex EXCEPT

A)part of Africa (west) was Muslim.
B)the African continent was a land of great geographical differences.
C)diverse tribal societies and cultures created a complex social challenge.
D)the Catholic Church opposed the political control of African areas by Protestant European nations.
E)powerful empires, like the Zulus, were in place in some areas.

Question 39

Shaka's conquests were dubbed "mfecane," which means the

A)powerful one.
B)crushing.
C)blessed.
D)protector.
E)righteous.

Question 40

Which statement about the Berlin Conference is FALSE?

A)France, Britain, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Italy, and Spain were participants in the conference.
B)The conference would decide how Africa would be partitioned.
C)Only those powers that demonstrated effective occupation of a territory would be awarded that territory.
D)Africans were given an important voice in the discussions and decisions at the conference.
E)The results of the conference plunged Africa into years of military action, killing millions of Africans.

Question 41

The American writer ____ criticized American imperialism.

A)John Muir
B)Henry David Thoreau
C)Edgar Allan Poe
D)Walt Whitman
E)Mark Twain

Question 42

To control indigenous populations,the British used a strategy of ____,pitting one local ruler against another.

A)divide and conquer
B)favoritism
C)local autonomy
D)concentration camps
E)propaganda campaigns

Question 43

What best describes the Dutch in Southeast Asia?

A)The Dutch used a system of divide and conquer on the native peoples.
B)Dutch colonies were given a great deal of local autonomy.
C)The Dutch believed the Javanese should be forced to work if they would not do so willingly.
D)The Dutch referred to their treatment of native peoples as pacification.
E)The Dutch used missionaries to control local leaders.

Question 44

What was true of British control of New Zealand?

A)Despite an earlier treaty, the British took most of the Maori's land by 1890.
B)To escape the problems they had faced in Australia, Britain ignored New Zealand completely.
C)Maori military victories over Britain eliminated Britain from New Zealand.
D)The Maori were able to gain a great deal of political power in the British control of the island.
E)Japan came to the aid of the Maori.

Question 45

The flag of which nation features religious themes?

A)West African Republic of Liberia
B)Siam
C)Cherokee
D)Ethiopia
E)Hawaii

Question 46

According to Rudyard Kipling,Americans had a duty to

A)end the exploitive system of imperialism.
B)respect the cultures of Africa and Asia.
C)not follow in the footsteps of imperialistic Great Britain.
D)take on the responsibility of abolitionists and abolish slavery in Africa and Asia.
E)carry on where the British left off and take up the "White Man's burden."

Question 47

The most important British trading area and most valuable possession in Southeast Asia was

A)Mandalay.
B)Seoul.
C)Saigon.
D)Singapore.
E)Cairo.

Question 48

Lobengula,the king of Ndebele,compared the British to ____ when negotiating with them during their effort to control his kingdom.

A)a chameleon
B)giant snakes
C)disease carrying flies
D)dark spirits
E)droughts and plagues

Question 49

What was the major cause of the Maji Maji Revolt in German East Africa?

A)Germans would not allow an alliance of small chiefdoms.
B)Native farmers were forced to plant cotton, which depleted soil and returned little profit.
C)After a vision, Kinjekitile promised victory over the Germans.
D)Believing that their holy pool would destroy bullets, the native people rebelled against the Germans.
E)Native people were prevented from participating in local government.

Question 50

What led to the French occupation of Vietnam?

A)The overthrow of the Nguyen dynasty by Vietnamese monks
B)China's invasion into Vietnam
C)Vietnamese resistance to Catholic missionaries
D)Napoleon III's desire to expand France's global empire
E)Guerilla resistance to French control

Question 51

How did Mongkut and Chulalongkorn save Siam from domination by imperialistic Europeans?

A)By granting them easy access to the country's raw materials
B)By establishing strong trade links with potential conquering nations
C)By giving up small parts of the country to protect the kingdom's core
D)By building a strong military to defeat French and British invasions
E)By enlisting the aid of foreign missionaries

Question 52

W.E.B.Du Bois's opinion of imperialism was that

A)the New Imperialism had led to a world dominated by white men.
B)it had brought civilization to the backward peoples of Africa and Asia.
C)Christianity had a responsibility to educate the uncivilized areas of the world.
D)imperialism was the only force that could defeat Islam.
E)the American form of imperialism would help create a better world.

Question 53

American imperialism met its most serious resistance in

A)Hawaii.
B)Cuba.
C)Japan.
D)the Philippines.
E)South Africa.

Question 54

The first area developed by the Europeans for its rubber was

A)the Philippines.
B)China.
C)Brazil.
D)Hawaii.
E)the Dutch East Indies.

Question 55

The rapid acceleration of the New Imperialism was demonstrated by all the following EXCEPT

A)French in Vietnam.
B)Germans in Japan.
C)British in Malaysia.
D)Dutch in insular Southeast Asia.
E)Americans in the Philippines.

Question 56

What was one of the results of the Battle of Omdurman?

A)Muhammad Ahmad was proclaimed a Muslim savior.
B)A treaty as signed between Egypt and Britain.
C)The British suffered a military defeat.
D)A British commander was executed by rebel forces.
E)The British occupied the entire Nile Valley.

Question 57

The Yaa Asantewa War was caused by

A)an intolerable insult to the Asante by a British governor.
B)the arrest of the Asante queen mother.
C)a call to arms by Asante women, who claimed their men were cowards.
D)the Asante nation's alliance with the Germans.
E)British sacking of Kumasi in 1874.

Question 58

As Burma came into the British empire in a number of stages,the British culturally insulted the king by

A)refusing to attend Burmese religious rituals.
B)not presenting gifts to the royal family as was the tradition by visiting officials.
C)expecting the king to speak only English.
D)refusing to remove their shoes in the high court.
E)serving pork at state dinners.

Question 59

Some of the most notorious abuses of native peoples were committed in the Congo by the ____,who reaped huge profits from rubber plantations.

A)French
B)Belgians
C)Germans
D)British
E)Spanish

Question 60

All of these factors contributed to Ethiopia's success in retaining its independence EXCEPT

A)its victory against Italy in the Battle of Adowa.
B)its rejection of British-sponsored infrastructure projects.
C)the leadership of Menelik.
D)its Christian status and ability to broker between European powers.
E)its and well-equipped military.

Question 61

Please define the following key terms
palm oil

Question 62

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Samuel Ajayi Crowther

Question 63

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Samori Toure

Question 64

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Battle of Isandhlwana

Question 65

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Congo River

Question 66

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King Leopold II of Belgium

Question 67

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stewardship

Question 68

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Mfecane

Question 69

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"tools of empire"

Question 70

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Usuman dan Fodio

Question 71

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savanna region

Question 72

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Second Industrial Revolution

Question 73

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quinine

Question 74

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"effective occupation"

Question 75

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Asante kingdom

Question 76

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New Imperialism

Question 77

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Shaka

Question 78

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David Livingstone

Question 79

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Berlin Conference

Question 80

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King Khama III