AP World History Chapter 20 Flashcards

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