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| 709663798 | Opened in 1869, the Suez Canal triggered | a wave of European domination over Asia and Africa. | 0 | |
| 709663799 | Historians use the term New Imperialism to refer to the West's | use of industrial technology to impose its will on the nonindustrial world. | 1 | |
| 709663800 | Although imperialism was not new to Europeans, this period was uniquely characterized by | being a land grab of unprecedented speed. | 2 | |
| 709663801 | Besides conquering large amounts of territory, the New Imperialism was most significant for | creating a global economy of suppliers and consumers. | 3 | |
| 709663802 | The French government's political motive for participating in the New Imperialism was to | reestablish national prestige through territory overseas. | 4 | |
| 709663803 | Often colonial territory was seized without the consent of the home government by | colonial officers deciding on their claim to a piece of territory. | 5 | |
| 709663804 | Among the cultural motives was a desire to | All of these | 6 | |
| 709663805 | The colonies offered European women job opportunities such as | missionaries, teachers and nurses. | 7 | |
| 709663806 | The power of Western technology convinced many Euro-Americans that | Western ideas, customs, and culture were superior to non-Western lifestyles. | 8 | |
| 709663807 | The most harmful aspect of the Western sense of cultural superiority was/were | the racist ideas that deemed non-Europeans inferior. | 9 | |
| 709663808 | The economic motive for imperialism was/were | All of these | 10 | |
| 709663809 | Technological innovations of the Industrial Revolution | made the colonization of distant regions cost-effective. | 11 | |
| 709663810 | One of the greatest barriers to the European invasion of inland African territories was | Falciparum malaria. | 12 | |
| 709663811 | A technological advance of the late nineteenth century was | All of these | 13 | |
| 709663812 | The better the European weapons became, the more the ________________ widened. | "firepower gap" | 14 | |
| 709663813 | The 1898 battle at Omdurman resulted in 11,000 Sudanese deaths, with British deaths totaling | 48. | 15 | |
| 709663814 | The system of administering and exploiting the colonies for the benefit of the home country is | considered "colonialism." | 16 | |
| 709663815 | Colonies that were called protectorates | retained their traditional governments. | 17 | |
| 709663816 | New Zealand elected its own parliament and ruled itself in large part because | European settlers there were in the majority. | 18 | |
| 709663817 | Since the colonies were governed with small numbers of European officials, they relied upon | the cooperation of indigenous elites. | 19 | |
| 709663818 | When Western women arrived in the colonies it created | a more racist and segregated environment. | 20 | |
| 709663819 | Until the 1870s, Africans ruled 90% of Africa, however within a decade | Europeans invaded Africa referred to as the "scramble for Africa". | 21 | |
| 709663820 | Egyptian modernization brought an accumulation of foreign debt, which caused | All of these | 22 | |
| 709663821 | British efforts to increase Egyptian agriculture resulted in | the construction of the Aswan Dam. | 23 | |
| 709663822 | The French initially planned to open the interior trade of Senegal by | building a railroad to connect with river traffic. | 24 | |
| 709663823 | With King Leopold's money, Henry Morton Stanley | "opened" and occupied the Congo Basin. | 25 | |
| 709663824 | The major decision of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 was that Europeans could | only colonize Africa by "effective occupation." | 26 | |
| 709663825 | Europeans controlled equatorial Africa by | selling monopolies on resources and trade to private companies. | 27 | |
| 709663826 | The companies brutally forced Africans to produce crops or gather resources. The worst abuses occurred | when Africans were forced to gather latex for the rubber boom. | 28 | |
| 709663827 | The British wanted to expand to Southern Africa because of | discoveries of gold and diamonds. | 29 | |
| 709663828 | The British invasion of southern Africa was driven by the ambitions of | Cecil Rhodes. | 30 | |
| 709663829 | South Africa's 1913 Natives Land Act was intended to | Both a & b | 31 | |
| 709663830 | The most successful African resistance against Europeans took place in | Ethiopia. | 32 | |
| 709663831 | The Ethiopian victory over Italy at Adowa was due to | the Ethiopians' being armed with rifles, machine guns, and artillery. | 33 | |
| 709663832 | The presence of European colonial officials meant | that land rights, commercial transactions and legal disputes were handled differently. | 34 | |
| 709663833 | With the flood of Christian missionaries into Africa, Islam | spread even farther than before. | 35 | |
| 709663834 | Russians occupied the territory of Kazakhstan because | the agricultural land was being "wasted". | 36 | |
| 709663835 | The last independent state in Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth century was | Siam. | 37 | |
| 709663836 | Southeast Asia had great economic potential because of | its fertile soil, constant warmth and heavy rains. | 38 | |
| 709663837 | Europeans transformed the environment of Southeast Asian dependencies by | increasing agricultural production by introducing cinchona and rubber. | 39 | |
| 709663838 | The leader of the Filipino movement for independence was | Emilio Aguinaldo. | 40 | |
| 709663839 | The United States annexed Hawaii | for strategic reasons. | 41 | |
| 709663840 | The United States purchased the Philippines after the Spanish-American War in large part to | keep out other ambitious colonialist powers. | 42 | |
| 709663841 | Free-trade imperialism in Latin America meant | economic dependence instead of direct colonization. | 43 | |
| 709663842 | To better exploit the economic potential of Latin America, | extensive railroad systems were built. | 44 | |
| 709663843 | Why did Europeans avoid taking formal colonies in Latin America? | All of these | 45 | |
| 709663844 | The Monroe Doctrine was an attempt by the United States to | defend the entire Western Hemisphere for outside invasion. | 46 | |
| 709663845 | What was the result of the Spanish-American War? | All of these | 47 | |
| 709663846 | The Platt Amendment | gave the United States the right to intervene to maintain "order" in the Caribbean. | 48 | |
| 709663847 | In order to build the Panama Canal, the United States | supported a Panamanian rebellion against Colombia. | 49 | |
| 709663848 | Hevea trees that were transplanted around the world produced | rubber for tires and rainwear. | 50 |
