Deck 18: Nationalism, Imperialism, and Resistance

Question 1

Muhammad Ali took control of ________ in 1803.

A) Egypt
B) Syria
C) Sudan
D) Algeria

Answer 1

Egypt

Question 2

Which of these models argues that global networks are controlled by core nations?

A) globalization
B) long-distance trade
C) world system
D) triangular trade

Answer 2

world system

Question 3

Which of these claimed to be the Mahdi in Egypt in the 1880s?

A) Abdul Mecid I
B) Muhammad Ahmed
C) Sayyid Said
D) Shaka

Answer 3

Muhammad Ahmed

Question 4

Clemens von Metternich was foreign minister for ________ in the mid-1800s.

A) Germany
B) Belgium
C) France
D) Austria

Question 5

The combatants in the Opium War were ________.

A) India and China
B) India and Japan
C) France and Spain
D) China and Britain

Question 6

When was Italy first unified as a country?

A) 1780
B) 1860
C) 1920
D) 1640

Question 7

Around 1800,India was governed by ________.

A) the Mughals
B) Britain
C) the Dutch
D) a dozen small states

Question 8

The author of On the Origin of Species was ________.

A) Herbert Spencer
B) Charles Darwin
C) Charles Gordon
D) Cecil Rhodes

Question 9

Abd Al-Qadir led a nationalist uprising in ________.

A) Morocco
B) Egypt
C) Algeria
D) Sudan

Question 10

The founder of Young Italy was ________.

A) Camillo Cavour
B) Giuseppe Mazzni
C) Giuseppe Garibaldi
D) Victor Emmanuel II

Question 11

Which of these men led Mandinka and Diola armies against the French in the 1890s?

A) Saad Zaghlul
B) Samori Toure
C) Charles Gordon
D) Abdul Mecid I

Question 12

The Sokoto empire was created under the leadership of ________.

A) Samori Toure
B) al-Hajj Umar
C) Usman dan Fodio
D) Mehemet Ali

Question 13

In the late 1800s,the ________ targeted European missionaries and missions.

A) Taiping rebellion
B) Nationalists
C) Communists
D) Boxers

Question 14

Which of these was known as Britain's "jewel in the crown"?

A) England
B) India
C) Indonesia
D) South Africa

Question 15

In China,Hong Xiuquan led the ________.

A) Boxer Rebellion
B) Nationalists
C) Ming Dynasty
D) Taiping Rebellion

Question 16

Theodor Herzl was a prominent ________ nationalist.

A) German
B) French
C) Swiss
D) Jewish

Question 17

The mfecane emerged near ________.

A) the Cape Colony
B) Morocco
C) Kongo kingdom
D) Ethiopia

Question 18

Which of these gained power in much of Arabia in the early 1800s?

A) the Ottoman Empire
B) France
C) the Saud family
D) Egypt

Question 19

Which of these was the focus of Egyptian monoculture?

A) tobacco
B) wheat
C) millet
D) cotton

Question 20

Which of these was first unified in 1871?

A) Germany
B) Austria
C) Italy
D) Spain

Question 21

Where did the Wafd Party emerge in the early 1900s?

A) Egypt
B) India
C) the Sokoto empire
D) Algeria

Question 22

The Boxer uprising can be described as a(n)________ conflict.

A) communist
B) internal ethnic
C) workers'
D) nationalist anti-Western

Question 23

The Meiji restoration put Japan in the hands of the ________.

A) shoguns
B) samurais
C) daimyo
D) emperor

Question 24

In Egypt,monoculture led to _______ .

A) the end of Ottoman rule
B) neocolonialism
C) independence
D) industrialization

Question 25

The notion of the White Man's Burden is based on the assumption that ________.

A) Europeans should assist African nations to independence
B) some races are naturally superior
C) colonization placed an insupportable burden on colonized peoples
D) the burden of colonization is supported by workers

Question 26

Zionism illustrates the fact that nationalism can operate ________.

A) without a country
B) without a nationality
C) even in a multiethnic empire
D) alongside socialism

Question 27

The Tanzimat reforms illustrated what pattern that was common to nationalist movements of the late 1800s and early 1900s?

A) fundamentalist Muslim reforms under military leaders
B) radical reforms inspired by Marxism
C) aggressive nationalism aspiring to imperialism
D) Westernizing reforms led by young men

Question 28

The Japanese imperial government was centered at ________.

A) Tokyo
B) Kyoto
C) Hiroshima
D) Osaka

Question 29

What did Mazzini,Cavour,and Garibaldi contribute to Italian nationalism,respectively?

A) Catholic fervor, a new constitution, ideology
B) royal leadership, financing, foreign support
C) ideology, diplomacy, flamboyant military leadership
D) a private army, propaganda, papal support

Question 30

Nationalism tended to be destructive for ________ states such as ________.

A) large; Austria-Hungary
B) multiethnic; Ottoman Empire
C) Catholic; Poland
D) non-industrialized; Spain

Question 31

The example of Poland showed that in some cases ________.

A) nationalism is not enough to create a nation-state
B) religious schisms weaken nationalist movements
C) nationalism is not capable of uniting a nation with no sense of a common history
D) a nation-state can be created with no nation

Question 32

Which of these best characterizes the notion of social Darwinism?

A) An expansion of Darwin's ideas concerning human society.
B) The application of Darwin's ideas on human evolution to animals.
C) Darwin's ideas applied in ways the biologist never imagined.
D) The notion that only humans evolve.

Question 33

The subject of the Berlin Conference was ________.

A) the Mahdi uprising
B) partitioning Africa
C) the Balkans
D) the weakened Ottoman Empire

Question 34

Nationalism was a creative and highly successful movement for countries such as ________.

A) Poland
B) Austria-Hungary
C) Italy
D) Britain

Question 35

Looking at the map "The decline of the Qing dynasty," the Taiping and Boxer rebellions appear to have arisen in response to ________.

A) the Manchu threat
B) foreign intrusions
C) religious conflict
D) traditional Chinese regional conflicts

Question 36

The Sokoto empire was based primarily on ________.

A) ethnic identity
B) historical associations
C) anti-Western hostility
D) religious fervor

Question 37

The British victory in the Opium War meant that ________.

A) China was forced to accept opium imports
B) the opium trade ended throughout China
C) the opium trade was ended in areas under British rule
D) Britain gained control of the opium trade

Question 38

Nabobs were ________ administrators and merchants in India.

A) Dutch
B) Bengali
C) Mughal
D) British

Question 39

Ultimately,the Civil War can be said to have ________ American nationalism.

A) undermined
B) destroyed
C) strengthened
D) inaugurated

Question 40

In India,regional leaders ________ in the 1700s and 1800s.

A) traded Mughal for British control
B) combined to end the Mughal Empire
C) formed a successful nationalist, anticolonial movement
D) carved out their own independent kingdoms

Question 41

Which of these was the guiding principle of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?

A) extraterritoriality
B) European balance of power
C) self-determination for African nations
D) African nationalism

Question 42

In Indonesia,the cultivation system ________.

A) was a form of neocolonialism
B) followed Dutch conquest of the islands
C) gave the Dutch economic control in the country
D) was a shift away from the plantation system

Question 43

Were revolts such as the one led by the Mahdi and Usman dan Fodio anticolonial?

Question 44

Which of these best characterizes the Meiji restoration?

A) The Japanese emperor became a figurehead.
B) The daimyo and shoguns shared rule in Japan.
C) The Japanese emperor was restored as head of state.
D) The Japanese emperor resumed actual rule.

Question 45

Which of these was the most common unifying force in sub-Saharan Africa in the 1800s?

A) anticolonialism
B) ethnic unity
C) Islam
D) trade agreements

Question 46

In 1914,________ was(were)free of European control.

A) most of east Africa
B) only sub-Saharan
C) no African nations
D) two African nations

Question 47

How did Japan fit into and escape broader trends in international relations in the late 1800s?

Question 48

The Young Turk party was inspired by ________.

A) Turkish nationalism
B) Shi'a fundamentalism
C) support for the Mahdi
D) anticolonialism

Question 49

Which of these appears to be the message in Christmas in India?

A) Gender roles are overturned in the colonies.
B) The British are India's natural rulers.
C) English standards should be maintained abroad.
D) Concessions have to be made when traveling.

Question 50

Consider anticolonialism in the late 1800s.What form did it take,and how successful was it?

Question 51

By around 1880,Europeans ________ Africa.

A) had gained control of most of
B) were beginning to expand their presence in
C) were beginning to establish trading posts in
D) had begun the process of decolonization in

Question 52

American nationalism differed from most other forms of nationalism because the United States ________.

A) was multiethnic
B) had no nationality
C) had no sense of nationalism
D) had no common past

Question 53

The term "the Scramble for Africa" can be judged as ________.

A) anachronistic
B) accurate
C) an exaggeration
D) a euphemism

Question 54

How did European imperialism change in the 1800s?

Question 55

Compare two examples of nationalism that led to different outcomes.What do you consider the most important factors that changed the outcome?