Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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This section covers the age of
imperialism from 1850 to _____ .
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What is it called when Western
countries colonize large areas of Africa and Asia, leading to political and cultural
changes.
a. | Socialism | c. | Imperialism | b. | Communism | d. | Democracy |
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Look at the chart in your
curriculum. What form of control did the United States exert over the
Philippines.
a. | Direct
Control | c. | Missionary
Control | b. | Indirect Control | d. | Socialist Control |
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What happened as a result of
Stanley and Livingston meeting in Africa.
a. | The continent opened up to European
colonization | c. | The continent
opened up to Japanese colonization | b. | The continent opened up to American
colonization | d. | The continent opened up to Russian
colonization |
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King Leopold II of Belgium
was
a. | and enlightened
ruler | c. | fair to all ethnic
groups | b. | a gentle ruler | d. | brutal ruler who exploited
Africa |
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What did the Belgian government
do to King Leopold?
a. | took the Belgian Congo away from
him | c. | nothing because he was the
king | b. | extended his control even further over the
Congo | d. | took away his crown
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The belief that the Charles
Darwin ideas of “natural selection” and “survival of the fittest” in nature
can be applied to human society is called _____
a. | Social
Darwinism | c. | Democracy | b. | Socialism | d. | Technological progress |
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8.
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What drug did Europeans take to
protect them from malaria?
a. | aspirin | c. | penicillin | b. | quinine | d. | morphine |
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Which statement is
true?
a. | During the Imperialism period
Africans were united in culture | c. | During the Imperialism period Africans were united in
religion | b. | During the Imperialism period Africans were united in
language | d. | During the Imperialism period
Africans were divided by language and culture |
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What was the name of the
conference by which 14 nations agree on rules for dividing Africa in 1884 - 1885
a. | the Potsdam
Conference | c. | the Treaty of
Versailles | b. | the United Nations Conference | d. | the Berlin Conference |
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Which of the following is
considered a “cash crop?”
a. | corn | c. | rice | b. | wheat | d. | cotton |
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What did Europeans do with the
raw materials they extracted from Africa?
a. | used them to help the economies of
African nations | c. | turned them into
finished products they could sell around the world | b. | used them to help the economies of their other
colonies | d. | Europe did not extract raw materials
from Africa |
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Which African chief created a
central Zulu state in 1816?
a. | Shaka
Zulu | c. | Emon
Zulu | b. | King Faruk | d. | Nelson Mandela |
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What was the name of the Dutch
farmers who fought the British over South Africa?
a. | the
Zulu | c. | the
IRA | b. | the Boers | d. | the National Socialist Workers
Party |
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What happened as a result of
the Boer War?
a. | Union of Socialist Africans
created | c. | the Zulu state was
created | b. | Union of South Africa created | d. | the Democratic African Union was created
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