4080527381 | What role did Spain and Portugal play in the second wave of European imperialism? | A minor role | 0 | |
4080527382 | What was the long-term plan of the British for taking over control of India? | The British had no long-range plan to take over India. | 1 | |
4080527383 | What was the fate of decentralized societies that did not have a strong ruler or government under European conquest, such as the small kingdoms and chiefdoms of West Africa? | They faced protracted, brutal warfare and mass destruction, village by village. | 2 | |
4080527384 | Why did Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii become settler colonies in which Europeans formed the vast majority of the population? | The native populations in these places had been decimated by European diseases. | 3 | |
4080527385 | Which of the following best characterizes the response of most Asian and African societies to European conquests in the nineteenth century? | Their responses ranged from active resistance to accommodation. | 4 | |
4080527386 | How were such small numbers of Europeans able to govern such huge and populous territories? | By reinforcing the power of local rulers and thus earning their loyalty | 5 | |
4080527387 | What relationship existed between the number of white settlers and the degree of racial segregation and discrimination in African and Asian colonies? | The more white settlers in a colony, the more racial discrimination there was. | 6 | |
4080527388 | How did Europeans justify the paradox that they valued national independence and Enlightenment values such as freedom and equality, yet denied these things to the people they colonized? | They feared the unrest that would occur if their colonial subjects learned modern values such as nationalism and democracy. | 7 | |
4080527389 | What was the main motivation behind Europeans' widespread use of violence to force Africans to do hard labor? | The cheap extraction of raw materials for industry | 8 | |
4080527390 | Which of the following was NOT a prominent reason for the migration of millions of colonial subjects in Asia and Africa to work in European-owned enterprises? | Better working conditions | 9 | |
4080527391 | Which of the following best characterizes the new metropolises of the African and Asian colonial world? | Overcrowded and unsanitary | 10 | |
4080527392 | Which of the following was NOT a consequence of European colonialism for African women? | Under the influence of Christianity, most women began to marry later and have smaller families. | 11 | |
4080527393 | Which of the following best describes the aspirations of many of the Western-educated elite members of colonized societies? | They hoped to use their knowledge to modernize and enlighten their countrymen. | 12 | |
4080527394 | What is one reason that many non-Muslim Africans found Christianity so appealing? | Christian schools and missions offered opportunity to the poor and oppressed in Africa. | 13 | |
4080527395 | What role did Hindu leaders such as Swami Vivekananda see for Indian spirituality in terms of Western culture? | They believed Indian spiritual beliefs could save the West from its own dangerous materialism. | 14 | |
4080527396 | Why did Europeans so often use the notion of "tribe" to describe African societies? | The notion conformed to European prejudices and aided colonial governance. | 15 | |
4080527397 | In what ways did the new concept of "tribe" benefit many Africans? | It gave them a support network when they had to migrate for work. | 16 | |
4080527398 | Some African intellectuals sought to defend African culture by arguing that it was distinctive and valuable in all of the following ways EXCEPT: | African culture was more warlike than European culture. | 17 |
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