What where the spheres of influence in China?

European countries controlled trade in different parts of China

Which is an accurate statement about the dividing up of Africa in the Berlin conference?

Different African cultures and where they lived was not taken into account

Why did the government of Great Britain build railroads, schools, and irrigation systems in India?

to strengthen its political and economic control in India

Which was NOT a way that Africans resisted imperialism?

Sending spies to European Countries

Why did Germans and Italians want to create their own nations?

They felt a strong sense of nationalism.

6. How did colonial rule weaken traditional African cultures?

B) European culture was forced upon the Africans

Which is NOT one of the reasons that Ethiopia was able to fight off the Italian colonizers?

Ethiopians set traps for the Italians

5. Why were African resistance movements usually unsuccessful?

B) The Europeans had superior weapons.

Why was Europe in a technological position to be able to imperialize other nations in the first place?

Their location let them easily farm, trade, and had many resources

What was the Opium War?

War fought over British merchants getting Chinese addicted to opium

How did many Europeans feel about the effects of imperialism in their colonies?

Thought Africans were better off due to European influence

What was the East India Trading Company?

British company that took control of India

What MAJOR change occurred after the Sepoy Mutiny?

India came under direct British control

What was the Boxer Rebellion?

A rebellion against foreigners by the poor in China

Which was NOT a result of imperialism in India by the East India Trading Company?

Indians became addicted to opium

What effect did nationalism and imperialism have on some European countries in the 1800s?

led them to expand their empires

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1
Pre-colonial Africa was made up of many different groups with different cultures, languages, and political systems
False
True
2
Nationalism is where you think that your nation is superior to others
False
True
3
What where the spheres of influence in China?
Influential people who lived in spheres
China was divided up in the Berlin Conference
Europeans made colonies out of China
European countries controlled trade in different parts of China
4
India before colonialism was a very wealthy country
True
False
5
Which is an accurate statement about the dividing up of Africa in the Berlin conference?
Different African cultures and where they lived was not taken into account
New nations were based on old tribal boundaries
African unity was encouraged
6
Why did the government of Great Britain build railroads, schools, and irrigation systems in India?
to help India maintain its traditional cultural systems
to prepare India for independence
to strengthen its political and economic control in India
7
The British government tried to keep merchants from selling opium to China
True
False
8
Which was NOT a way that Africans resisted imperialism?
Sending spies to European Countries
Economic disruption
Practicing their traditional cultures
Wars and rebellions
9
Why did Germans and Italians want to create their own nations?
They wanted to have their own colonies in the Americas.
They felt a strong sense of nationalism.
They had no common languages or customs.
They were unhappy with the Catholic Church.
10
6. How did colonial rule weaken traditional African cultures?
A) Africans enjoyed European culture better than their original beliefs.
African groups came together and lost their original cultures
B) European culture was forced upon the Africans
Both groups believed Europeans were better at governing than the Africans
11
Which is NOT one of the reasons that Ethiopia was able to fight off the Italian colonizers?
The different tribes in Ethiopia were united
Ethiopia had a leader who was great at military strategy
Ethiopia got guns and canons from the Italians
Ethiopians set traps for the Italians
12
What led to the Sepoy Rebellion?
Low wages
Indians were slaughtered by the East Indian Trading Company
Destruction of religious shrine
Racism and pork and beef fat
13
Which of the following was NOT a result of the Treaty of Nanking?
China gave up control of Hong Kong
Britain stopped selling opium
Ended the first Opium War
Opened several Chinese ports to European trade
14
5. Why were African resistance movements usually unsuccessful?
C) The Africans had superior knowledge of the terrain.
B) The Europeans had superior weapons.
A) The Europeans were far from their homes.
D) The Africans had superior leadership.
15
Who was Melenik II?
Man who united Germany
Leader of the Sepoys
Some French guy IDK
Leader of Ethiopia
16
Pre-colonial Africa was home to some very important inventions, such as some medical treatments and the first calendar
False
True
17
Why was Europe in a technological position to be able to imperialize other nations in the first place?
Europeans had a genetic advantage
Europeans had many people who created greater inventions
Their location let them easily farm, trade, and had many resources
Everyone else was constantly dying of disease
18
This theory was used to justify the actions of European Imperialists.
Marxism
Utopianism
Capitalism
Social Darwinism
19
Europeans were able to justify making colonies by thinking they were superior to other races
False
True
20
What was the Opium War?
War fought between Chinese addicts
War fought in India over loss of trade
War fought using opium shot out of canons
War fought over British merchants getting Chinese addicted to opium
21
Who was Otto Van Bismarck?
Some French guy or something
Leader of the Sepoys
Leader of Ethiopia
Man who united Germany
22
How did many Europeans feel about the effects of imperialism in their colonies?
They thought Africans were worse off than before.
Thought Africans were better off due to European influence
They felt there were no benefits to the colonies.
They thought people in the colonies wanted to become English citizens.
23
Which is not a way that Nationalism can be bad?
Can lead people to ignore other countries' rights
Can lead people to fear those who are different
Can lead to citizens rebelling
24
The Chinese loved buying goods from the British before they were hooked on opium
False
True
25
What was the East India Trading Company?
Indian company that traded with China
Company that made India very wealthy
Company that traded all of East India to the Italians
British company that took control of India
26
What MAJOR change occurred after the Sepoy Mutiny?
Indians were allowed to serve as officers in the military
Hindus were increasingly relied on as sepoys
India came under direct British control
Animal products were no longer used in ammunition
27
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
Ethiopians rebelled against the Italians
Boxers rebelled against mixed martial artists
A rebellion against foreigners by the poor in China
The Sepoy army was angry about greased guns
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Which was NOT a result of imperialism in India by the East India Trading Company?
The Sepoy Army in India rebelled
Indians became addicted to opium
Much of the wealth of India was lost, leaving it poor
Many producers of goods in India were put out of business
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What effect did nationalism and imperialism have on some European countries in the 1800s?
led them to expand their empires
led to political unrest among citizens
decreased feelings of patriotism
reduced profits on factory-made goods

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