AP World History Ch 27 Review Flashcards

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