Practice Test

Question 1

What product did Britain continue to export despite objections by the Chinese government?

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opium

Question 2

What was a major effect of the Russo-Japanese War?

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Japan gained influence in nations such as Manchuria and Korea.

Question 3

Which African colonies did Belgium control?

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Congo

Question 4

What is the definition of imperialism?

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a country’s political, economic, and social domination over another

Question 5

The British East India Company had taken over India by

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the 1850s.

Question 6

China was insulated from the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions occurring in Europe because of its self-imposed isolation. As a result,

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the West surged ahead of China while China began its slow decline.

Question 7

Nationalist movements in the Ottoman Empire resulted in

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independence or self-rule for many territories.

Question 8

When the Ottoman Empire weakened, Europe reacted by

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trying to take more control of Ottoman lands.

Question 9

What point of view does the poem’s author express?

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Imperialism is more about bullying than heroism.

Question 10

What does this map of British India in 1860 show?

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provinces ruled by the British raj and states controlled by Indian monarchs

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