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Chapter 24

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What role did education play in the rise of Indian nationalism in the late 1800s?
Educated Indians began to demand self-rule
The interest of Europeans in Iran intensified with what discovery in the region?
oil
Which of the following was one of Sun Yixian's three principles of the people
Economic security
How did the Industrial Revolution contribute to imperialism?
Industrialized countries sought new markets
The purpose of the open door policy was to
protect U.S. trading rights in China
What ruler is sometimes called the "father of modern Egypt" due to the reforms he made?
Muhammad Ali
The Boer War was sparked by
the discovery of gold and diamonds on Boer-held lands
The Indian national congress was formed to
push for Indian self-rule
David Livingstone believed that opening the interior of Africa to Christianity and trade would
end the slave trade
Which of the following was a social Darwinist argument in favor of western imperialism
Westerners thought they had a duty to bring their civilization to inferior races
How did Britain gain control of the Suez Canal?
It bought shares in the canal from Egypt
I'm the treaty of Nanjing, Britain gained control of
Hong Kong
As the Ottoman empire crumbled, Russia plotted to seize the Bosporus and Dardanelles in order to
gain access to the Mediterranean Sea
Ethiopia was able to remain independent because
Ethiopia modernized and imported European weapons
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