Question 1

Examine the illustration from the book Indigenous Races of the Earth on page 769.What role did racism play in European imperialism? Discuss the ideas of Gobineau and Spencer.

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Question 2

What role did technology play in the expanding European hegemony? Why weren't other nations able to gain equal technological footing?

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Question 3

Examine imperialism in central and southeast Asia.What nations were involved? What were the most economically valuable areas? How different were the varieties of colonial rule? How were central and southeast Asia transformed by European conquest?

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Question 4

What,if anything,did anticolonial uprisings such as the sepoy rebellion of 1857,the Maji Maji rebellion,and the Filipino rebellion have in common? Why were they not more successful?

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Question 5

Between 1800 and 1914,some fifty million Europeans left their poor agricultural societies and sought opportunities overseas,a majority heading to the United States.

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This statement is true.

Question 6

In some cases,colonial rule led to the introduction of new crops that transformed the landscape and social order of subject lands,for example the introduction of tea bushes from India to China.

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Tea originated in China and was introduced to India by the British during colonial rule, not the other way around.

Question 7

The Berlin West Africa Conference,which included delegates from twelve European states and the United States,devised the ground rules for the colonization of Africa.

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The Berlin West Africa Conference, held in 1884-1885, did indeed establish the rules for the colonization and partition of Africa among European powers and the United States.

Question 8

Because the nomadic peoples of Australia did not occupy lands permanently,British settlers considered the continent terra nullius,"land belonging to no one," and one that they could seize and put to their own uses.

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This statement is true. The British settlers used the concept of terra nullius to justify their colonization of Australia, ignoring the fact that Indigenous Australians had been living there for thousands of years.

Question 9

Examine the rise of the United States and Japan as imperialist powers.What were the main U.S.and Japanese goals? Were they different than the goals of the western Europeans? What areas did these two countries conquer?

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Question 10

What were the legacies of nineteenth-century imperialism? What was anticolonialism? In what ways is the world today shaped by the actions of nineteenth-century imperialists?

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Question 11

Examine Map 32.2,Imperialism in Africa,ca.1914.How was the political face of Africa changed between 1875 and 1900? What European nations were most active in carving up Africa? Were there differences in colonial rule?

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Question 12

The United States emerged as a major imperial and colonial power after the brief Spanish-Cuban-American War.

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The United States emerged as a major imperial and colonial power after the Spanish-Cuban-American War, which lasted from 1898 to 1902. This war resulted in the acquisition of territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, marking the United States' emergence as a colonial power.

Question 13

Read the Rudyard Kipling poem,"The White Man's Burden" (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: Rudyard Kipling on the White Man's Burden).In what ways does Kipling express the cultural and philosophical foundations of European imperialism?

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Question 14

Examine imperialism in Africa.What were the major goals of the Europeans? Why was Africa treated differently than other colonies? How did the carving up of Africa lead to tension among the European nations?

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Question 15

Compare and contrast European imperialism in central and southeast Asia,Africa,and Oceania.Were there any fundamental differences that would influence later history?

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Question 16

When Rudyard Kipling suggested that Americans "Take up the White Man's burden," what did he mean? How does this phrase express the goals of imperialism? Did the Americans have to be encouraged to become imperialistic?

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Question 17

Examine the British control over India.How did it set the stage for later British expansion? In what ways did British control of India represent the best and worst of British colonial rule?

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Question 18

Examine the racist beliefs that played such a central role in European imperialism.How did racism justify imperialism and also inspire it?

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Question 19

Look at the picture of the British naval attack of Rangoon on page 756.What advantages did the western Europeans possess as they expanded their control?

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Question 20

The underlying principle of indirect rule was the desire to keep African populations in check and permit European administrators to engage in a "civilizing mission."

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The underlying principle of indirect rule was to govern through existing local power structures and leaders, minimizing administrative costs and disruptions, rather than to keep populations in check for a "civilizing mission."

Quiz 32: The Building of Global Empires