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6060189970increase trade between the Middle East, Europe and AsiaA primary purpose for building the Suez Canal was to0
6060189971the cultural and ethnic diversity of the African people was disregardedWhich is an accurate statement about the partitioning of Africa by European imperialist nations during the 1800's?1
6060189972competing of raw materials and marketsAfter 1880, European nations sought colonies in Africa primarily because the Europeans were2
6060189973Europeans had a responsibility to improve the lives of the colonial peoplesThe 19th century term "White Man's Burden" reflects the idea that3
6060189974resisted foreign influence in these countriesThe Sepoy Mutiny in India, the Boxer Rebellion in China, and the Islamic Revolution in Iran were similar in that they4
6060189975Europeans had technologically superior military forcesDuring the 19th century, Europeans were able to divide China in Spheres of Influence mainly because the5
6060189976remove foreign influences from ChinaThe Boxer Rebellion of the early 20th century was an attempt to6
6060189977ImperialismBritish control over South Africa, French control over Indochina, and Spanish control over Mexico are examples of7
6060189978Western nations had superior military technologyDuring the 1840's, China signed "unequal treaties" with Western nations mainly because8
6060189979ImperialismThroughout the 1800's, an increased need for both raw materials and new markets for manufactured goods led various European nations to pursue policies of9
6060189980the exploitation of the labor and resources of these continentsDuring the 18th and 19th centuries, increased contact between European and the continents of Africa, Asia, and South America resulted in10
6060189981A Strategic LocationBoth the French and the British were interested in controlling Egypt in the mid-19th century because Egypt had11
6060189982not strong enough to resist Western demandsThe results of the Opium War (1839-1842) indicate that China was12
6060189983obtain raw materials needed for industrializationDuring the 18th and 19th centuries, Europeans improved roads and bridges and built railroads in their colonies primarily to13
6060189984adopted a parliamentary system of governmentOne result of British colonialism in India was that India14
6060189985an increase in European spheres of influence in ChinaIn 19th-century China, the Opium War resulted in15
6060189986territorial claims of colonial rulersThe borders that were established for many African nations during the late 1800's were based primarily on16
6060189987satisfy imperialist goalsAn analysis of the Russo-Japanese War and the Boer War shows that one reason nations go to war is to17
6060189988Imperialism would benefit the economies of the colonial powers.Which statement best expresses the motive for 19th-century European imperialism?18

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