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Grade 6 New Imperialism
At what meeting were the African territories divided among the colonists?
  1. Congress of Vienna
  2. Berlin Conference
  3. Estates General
  4. Columbian Exchange
Grade 10 New Imperialism
List the 3 causes of Imperialism:
Grade 9 New Imperialism
Which of the following was a new Western motive for overseas territorial expansion in the industrial era?
  1. missionary drive to convert non-Western peoples to Christianity
  2. Seizure of land to be put to use raising cash crops
  3. Drive to dominate sources of precious metals and minerals
  4. Need for raw materials for factory production
  5. Access to new markets for sale of Western manufactured goods
Grade 10 New Imperialism
What did Great Britain call India?
  1. The Brightest Jewel
  2. Money Maker
  3. Jewel of their Crown
  4. Cinderella
None New Imperialism
The Boxer Rebellion of 1899 was between
  1. the Qing and British
  2. Sun Yat-sen and the Qing
  3. Korea and Japan
  4. the Chinese and all foreigners
Grade 8 New Imperialism
The main issue of the Russo-Japanese War was:
  1. Russians didn't like Japanese food.
  2. Japan refused to allow Russians to enter Japan.
  3. trading privileges in the Chinese province of Manchuria.
Grade 9 New Imperialism
Which of the following best explains why the British turned to trading opium in China?
  1. Firsthand experience supplying mass opium addiction in the thirteen colonies proved the profitability of the trade
  2. British merchants could find no other commodity the Chinese needed
  3. Successful expansion of the opium trade in India provided a model for replication
  4. Imperialist designs for direct rule in China would be more easily attainable over a population pacified by narcotics
  5. British monarchs wanted to share the benefits of widespread medical and recreational use of opium they had experienced in British society with the Chinese
None New Imperialism
The Opium War was important to the British because
  1. they wanted to continue selling Opium to the Chinese for silver
  2. it was a step towards taking over the Chinese coast
  3. port cities in China were wanted by the British
  4. they wanted access to more silks and porcelain
Grade 9 New Imperialism
During the era of British colonialism in India, why were the British content, in general, to leave the Indian social hierarchies intact?
  1. Over time, exposure to Hindu doctrine on casted won British elites over
  2. British officials were able to, in essence, graft themselves onto an existing social pyramid at its apex while incurring a minimum of social disruption
  3. British notions of proper gender roles, such as a wife's duty to commit sati, were the same as Indian ones
  4. Superior Mughal political and military authority prevented British interference in Indian social relations
  5. Commonplace social mobility between the caste stratifications prevalent in the subcontinent impressed colonial administrators
Grade 10 New Imperialism
Define New Imperialism:
Grade 9 New Imperialism
Which answer choice contains nations/regions that were nominally independent but nonetheless endured significant Western informal political and social economic influence by 1914?
  1. West Africa, China, South Asia, Latin America
  2. China, Persia, Middle East, Latin America
  3. Persia, West Africa, South Asia, Latin America
  4. South Asia, the Middle East, China, Latin America
  5. West Africa, Persia, the Middle East, Latin America
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