GHIST EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
The "new" products that European nations sought to obtain from colonies in Africa and
Asia in the nineteenth century included - ANSWER oil tin rubber
In the nineteenth century, European nations exploited areas of Asia and Africa for the
following except - ANSWER manufactured goods to be sent from Asia to Europe.
in the 19 century imperialism - ANSWER b. was motivated by a desire to control markets
as well as raw materials.
neocolonialism refers to euro colonial tactics - ANSWER e. after former European
colonies were replaced by independent nation-states.
Remote location and mountainous terrain spared which of the following from colonial
rule? - ANSWER etheopia and afrghanistan
A rising non-western nation that avoided colonial subjugation by pursuing a concerted
strategy of political and economic reform was - ANSWER JAPAN
What was the general idea of Thomas Babington Macaulay's educational policy for
Britain's Indian subjects? - ANSWER We should produce a class that is Indian in blood
and color but English in taste and intellect.
Which of the following is not a true statement about nineteenth-century Western
expansion in Southeast Asia? - ANSWER Burma retained its independence.
All of the following are correct about the slave trade except it - ANSWER e. it revived in
East Asia because of the opium trade.
, 87. David Livingstone - ANSWER obtained great fame from his African missionary and
anti-slavery work.
The Boers were predominantly of what ethnic background? - ANSWER dutch
the great trek - ANSWER was the northeastward migration of the Boers after the British
take-over of the Cape
Colony.
in southern africa in the 1800s - ANSWER the British were more sympathetic to the
rights of the local population than were the
Boers.
Which of the following pairs, naming the European power and its African holding, is not
correct? - ANSWER germany-congo
European powers rushed to increase their penetration of Africa because of all except -
ANSWER fear of Russian economic expansion into Central Africa.
hich of the following was not linked to the European "missionary factor" as a motivation
to conquer the peoples of Africa? - ANSWER c. The competition among the European
powers to create an African industrial revolution.
The missionary who urged Europeans to introduce the "three Cs" (Christianity,
commerce and civilization) was - ANSWER david livingston
The Berlin Conference of 1884 - ANSWER b. established guidelines to ease the frictions
created by European ambitions in Africa.
the Boer War - ANSWER b. was the result of the discovery of gold and diamonds in the
Boer-held Transvaal region.
The "new" products that European nations sought to obtain from colonies in Africa and
Asia in the nineteenth century included - ANSWER oil tin rubber
In the nineteenth century, European nations exploited areas of Asia and Africa for the
following except - ANSWER manufactured goods to be sent from Asia to Europe.
in the 19 century imperialism - ANSWER b. was motivated by a desire to control markets
as well as raw materials.
neocolonialism refers to euro colonial tactics - ANSWER e. after former European
colonies were replaced by independent nation-states.
Remote location and mountainous terrain spared which of the following from colonial
rule? - ANSWER etheopia and afrghanistan
A rising non-western nation that avoided colonial subjugation by pursuing a concerted
strategy of political and economic reform was - ANSWER JAPAN
What was the general idea of Thomas Babington Macaulay's educational policy for
Britain's Indian subjects? - ANSWER We should produce a class that is Indian in blood
and color but English in taste and intellect.
Which of the following is not a true statement about nineteenth-century Western
expansion in Southeast Asia? - ANSWER Burma retained its independence.
All of the following are correct about the slave trade except it - ANSWER e. it revived in
East Asia because of the opium trade.
, 87. David Livingstone - ANSWER obtained great fame from his African missionary and
anti-slavery work.
The Boers were predominantly of what ethnic background? - ANSWER dutch
the great trek - ANSWER was the northeastward migration of the Boers after the British
take-over of the Cape
Colony.
in southern africa in the 1800s - ANSWER the British were more sympathetic to the
rights of the local population than were the
Boers.
Which of the following pairs, naming the European power and its African holding, is not
correct? - ANSWER germany-congo
European powers rushed to increase their penetration of Africa because of all except -
ANSWER fear of Russian economic expansion into Central Africa.
hich of the following was not linked to the European "missionary factor" as a motivation
to conquer the peoples of Africa? - ANSWER c. The competition among the European
powers to create an African industrial revolution.
The missionary who urged Europeans to introduce the "three Cs" (Christianity,
commerce and civilization) was - ANSWER david livingston
The Berlin Conference of 1884 - ANSWER b. established guidelines to ease the frictions
created by European ambitions in Africa.
the Boer War - ANSWER b. was the result of the discovery of gold and diamonds in the
Boer-held Transvaal region.
