Chapter 31 and 32

1.

1 point

Between 1859 and 1893, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos all fell under the control of

The United States

Germany

England

France

2.

1 point

The Berlin Conference

devised the ground rules for the European colonization of Africa.

established the Triple Alliance.

legitimized the German colonization of the Marshall Islands.

set up a timetable for decolonization in Africa.

3.

1 point

In the early nineteenth century, the Ottoman sultan Selim III

was locked up by the Janissaries because they considered his reforms a threat.

was the leading figure in the Tanzimat era.

was able to finally destroy the power of the Janissaries

converted to Christianity in an effort to appease the Europeans.

4.

1 point

In 1899 the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, known as Boxers, organized to rid China of “foreign devils” and their influences.

True

False

5.

1 point

In the nineteenth century, the majority of indentured laborers came from

India

Tooele

Ireland

China

6.

1 point

Between 1800 and 1914, how many Europeans migrated overseas?

10 million

50 million

5 million

7 million

7.

1 point

By 1900, the only part of southeast Asia not under European imperial rule was

Siam

Laos

Cambodia

Vietnam

8.

1 point

Cecil Rhodes was

the British military leader who was responsible for a boom in naval expansion.

. a leading British imperialist who founded a colony in Africa.

the first leader of an independent Canada.

the American politician who articulated the belief in manifest destiny.

9.

1 point

Japan became a major imperial power after its victory in the

Russo-Japanese War.

Opium War.

Sino-Japanese War.

Korean War.

10.

1 point

The decisive point in the Opium War was

. the overwhelming numbers of Chinese forces as they, although outgunned, overran British outposts.

the British threat to the Grand Canal.

the arrival of an American fleet to aid the British.

a surprise British attack on the Chinese fleet at Port Arthur.

11.

1 point

In a single generation the Meiji leaders transformed Japan into a powerful industrial society poised to play a major role in world affairs.

True

False

12.

1 point

After the overthrow of Queen Lili`uokalani in 1893, the United States took over

Toledo

Buffalo

Hawaii

Guam

13.

1 point

The Russian serfs were emancipated by

Catherine the Great

Ivan III

Alexander !!

Nicholas II

14.

1 point

Both the Suez Canal and Panama Canal facilitated the building and maintenance of empires by enabling naval vessels to travel rapidly between the world’s oceans.

True

False

15.

1 point

Which of the following accounts for the beginning of the social reform movement in Russia in the nineteenth century?

a resurgence of the principles of the eighteenth century Enlightenment

massive peasant rebellions

military defeats

All these answers are correct.

16.

1 point

Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 by

an assassin hired by the Japanese government

Gavrilo Princip.

an agent of the Land and Freedom Party.

a spy from the Ottoman government.

17.

1 point

The social Darwinists believed that

only a socialist political and social structure would keep humans from destroying themselves.

. powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies.

human beings had reached the point at which competition among nations was no longer necessary.

a sharp distinction had to be made between the biological and social worlds.

18.

1 point

Sultan Abdül Hamid II

poured money into a ship-building race with the British.

ruled despotically but also followed Tanzimat principles

won the last great Ottoman Turkish military victory by recapturing Greece. Answer: b

carefully nurtured the development of the Turkish parliament.

19.

1 point

During the second half of the nineteenth century, many Europeans believed that imperial expansion and colonial domination were crucial for the survival of their states.

True

False

20.

1 point

The working conditions of the growing Russian industrial class in St. Petersburg and Moscow

were much better than their earlier English and French counterparts had been.

were terrible and left the workers receptive to revolutionary propaganda.

improved dramatically after the passage in 1897 of a law establishing an eight-hour work day

were the best in Europe at the time

21.

1 point

The Russo-Japanese war began with a Russian surprise attack on a Japanese naval squadron in February 1904

True

False

22.

1 point

In 1824, Thomas Stamford Raffles founded the port of

Sydney

Singapore

Rangoon

Manila

23.

1 point

In some cases, colonial rule led to the introduction of new crops that transformed the landscape and social order of subject lands, for example the introduction of tea bushes from India to China.

True

False

24.

1 point

The most important figures in the uprising in 1857 in India were

disgruntled sepoy troops.

American soldiers looking for an excuse to pry India away from British control.

Russian military officials looking for an advantage in the Great Game.

French agents working to cause unrest in an important British colony.

25.

1 point

The Dutch East India Company took advantage of Mughal weakness to strengthen and expand its trading posts in the eighteenth century.

True

False

26.

1 point

The event that best displayed Japan’s rise to the level of a world power was their victory in the

Sino-Japanese War

Crimean War

Russo-Japanese War

Opium War

27.

1 point

Which one of the following leaders played a major role in the Meiji restoration?

Kang Youwei

Mizuno Tadakuni

Liang Qichao

Ito Hirobumi

28.

1 point

The 1905 Bloody Sunday massacre eventually

led to communist regimes in both Russia and China.

led to the collapse of the Qing dynasty in China.

cleared the way for the Meiji restoration.

led to the establishment of the Duma in Russia.

29.

1 point

A defeat in the Crimean War stopped expansion by the

Ottomans

Russians

French

Qing

30.

1 point

The prime mover behind Russian industrialization was

Nicholas II

Avvakum

Sergei Witte

Alexander II

31.

1 point

The author of “The White Man’s Burden” was

Cecil Rhodes.

Rudyard Kipling.

Otto von Bismarck.

Joseph Arthur de Gobineau.

32.

1 point

Muhammad Ali was

the last powerful Ottoman sultan.

the Egyptian leader who overthrew Ottoman control.

the Ottoman ruler who tried to strengthen the empire while simultaneously crushing liberal reform.

. the most powerful leader of the Safavid dynasty.

33.

1 point

The term “social Darwinism” is associated with

Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau.

Herbert Spencer.

Cecil Rhodes.

Otto von Bismarck.

34.

1 point

The underlying principle of indirect rule was the desire to keep African populations in check and permit European administrators to engage in a “civilizing mission.”

True

False

35.

1 point

To make Ottoman authority more effective, Mahmud II established European-style ministries, constructed new roads, built telegraph lines, and inaugurated a postal service.

True

False

36.

1 point

The Monroe Doctrine

handed the Philippines over to the United States.

opened Japan to U.S. trade.

gave the British an inroad into New Zealand.

. ensured that neither the Europeans nor the Americans would ever interfere in western hemispheric affairs.

37.

1 point

The Suez Canal was essential for

French control over Vietnam.

the maintenance of the Ottoman empire.

British control over India.

facilitating trade between both U.S. coasts.

38.

1 point

The Opium War ended with the signing of the Treaty of

Nanjing

London

Beijing

Paris

39.

1 point

In 1770, Captain James Cook anchored his fleet at Botany Bay, near what modern city?

Sydney

New South Wales

Wellington

Cape Town

40.

1 point

The leader of the Taiping rebellion was

Hong Ziuquan

Lin Zexu

Ito Hirobumi

Cixi