Deck 4: A Range of Historical Inquiries: From Military Appointments to Colonialism and Revolution

Question 1

On 1 December 1830, King Louis Philippe named the Duc de Rovigo as head of military staff in_________

A)algeria
B)moldova
C)austria
D)ukraine

Answer 1

algeria

Question 2

The _________ region was often referred as the holy land for three major religions Islam, Christianity and Judaism.

A)african
B)west asian
C)asian
D)european

Answer 2

west asian

Question 3

Who had ventured to Ethopia in 1769 and reached the source of the Blue Nile?.

A)james bruce
B)ypsilantis
C)william i
D)van speijk

Answer 3

james bruce

Question 4

The author of "The Wrenched of the Earth"__________

A)frantz fanon
B)dominic davies
C)rudyard kipling
D)joseph conard

Question 5

____________is the type of colonisation tends to result in local populations being marginalised

A)outpost colonies
B)pure settlement colonies
C)imperial settlement colonies
D)pure imperial colonies

Question 6

_________ colonies established through massive settlement colonisation flanked by military power with the purpose of exploiting local labour and/or exporting excess population.

A)imperial settlement
B)outpost colonies
C)pure settlement colonies
D)pure imperial colonies

Question 7

First opium war took place in the period of __________

A)1839-1842
B)1939-1942
C)1960-1964
D)1898-1902

Question 8

_________was constituted as a Principality under the rule of Miloš Obrenovi?

A)assyria
B)persia
C)rome
D)serbia

Question 9

__________ is the capital city of Moldavia

A)ia?i
B)slovakia
C)gambia
D)macedonia

Question 10

The Belgian War of Independence also provided the Netherlands with a hero in the person of__________

A)jan van speijk
B)bartolomeu dias
C)prince henry
D)francis drake

Question 11

The European Revolutions of _______is known in some countries as the Spring of Nations, Springtime of the Peoples or the Year of Revolution

A)1878
B)1802
C)1880
D)1848

Question 12

__________established through conquest or peaceful agreement, with a moderate influx of colonial immigrants, for the purpose of gaining access to a hinterland

A)outpost colonies
B)pure settlement colonies
C)pure imperial colonies
D)imperial settlement colonies