Unit 6 Imperialism

5 Written Questions

1. The revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs.
2. Lead to a search for modern literary expression and a new national identity.
3. A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa. No African representative was present.
4. Dutch and other European settlers in Cape Colony before 19th-century British occupation; later called Afrikaners.
5. A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi.

5 Matching Questions

1. Social Darwinism
2. Charles Gordon & Great Britain
3. Panama Canal
4. Sepoy
5. Viceroy

1. a Ship canal cut across the isthmus of Panama by United States Army engineers; it opened in 1915. It greatly shortened the sea voyage between the east and west coasts of North America.
2. b The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion.
3. c Indian soldier hired by British East India Company as a 'security force' in India.
4. d General who wanted to restore Egyptian authority over the Sudan from Muslim Muhammad Ahmad. His army was wiped out at Khartoum in 1885 by Ahmad.
5. e Governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. The native people of South Africa who resisted colonialism from the Boers and British.
   1. the Boers
   2. Creoles
   3. the Zulus
   4. Thailand
2. Ship canal dug across the isthmus of Suez in Egypt, designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. It opened to shipping in 1869 and shortened the sea voyage between Europe and Asia. Its strategic importance led to the British conquest of Egypt in 1882. "Lifeline to India"
   1. Suez Canal
   2. the Zulus
   3. Panama Canal
   4. Vietnam
3. Queen of England and Empress of India; official ruler of India during British rule.
   1. Queen Victoria
   2. Viceroy
   3. Suez Canal
   4. Vietnam
4. War fought between the US and Spain in Cuba and the Philippines. It lasted less than 3 months and resulted in Cuba's independence as well as the US annexing Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
   1. Panama Canal
   2. Peninsularies
   3. Spanish American War
   4. The Boer War
5. Idea that many European countries had a duty to spread their religion and culture to those less civilized.
   1. The Boer War
   2. Henry Stanley
   3. Peninsularies
   4. White Man's Burden

5 True/False Questions

1. Muhammad Ali → Ship canal dug across the isthmus of Suez in Egypt, designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. It opened to shipping in 1869 and shortened the sea voyage between Europe and Asia. Its strategic importance led to the British conquest of Egypt in 1882. "Lifeline to India"

   True        False

2. Philippines → Only area in Southeast Asia that was not taken over by European colonies because they adopted some western cultural practices, political ideals, and education. Used as a neutral zone between Britain and France.

   True        False

3. Peninsularies → Peninsulares were people living in the New World's Spanish colonies, but were Spanish, actually born in Spain and not the New World. They stood at the top of the social hierarchy, and were viewed as being superior to creoles, Spaniards born in the New World.

   True        False

4. Monroe Doctrine → The revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs.

   True        False

5. Thailand → Only area in Southeast Asia that was not taken over by European colonies because they adopted some western cultural practices, political ideals, and education. Used as a neutral zone between Britain and France.

   True        False