AP World History Period 3: 1750-1900, Governance

Question 1

Leopold II of Belgium established a huge colony to harvest rubber and ivory in what part of Africa?

Accepted Answer

the Congo

Question 2

The Eastern Question involved Europe’s attempt to carefully manage the gradual decline of which state?

Accepted Answer

Ottoman Turkey

Question 3

British colonial and economic ambitions in South Africa led them into war with this group

Accepted Answer

the Zulu

Question 4

What violent uprising was prompted by native anger at foreign control over China’s port cities?

Accepted Answer

the Boxer Rebellion

Question 5

What liberal aristocrat from France famously took part in America’s revolution and his own country’s?

Accepted Answer

Lafayette

Question 6

In what country did a figurehead emperor reclaim power from the military regime that traditionally protected his throne?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 7

The Spanish-American War led the United States to take over ____ in a brutal war of pacification.

Accepted Answer

the Philippines

Question 8

Where did Miguel Hidalgo spark revolution against Spain by issuing the Grito (“cry”) of Dolores in 1810?

Accepted Answer

Mexico

Question 9

What part of North Africa did France seize from the Ottomans and directly absorb as part of the homeland itself?

Accepted Answer

Algeria

Question 10

Which Native Americans, who were forced to migrate westward along the Trail of Tears, invented their own written script?

Accepted Answer

the Cherokee

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