Review Questions
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How did independence affect the economies of Latin American nations?
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It opened their markets to competitive U.S. and European manufactured goods.
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It reduced the number of wealthy government officials who could afford to purchase luxury goods.
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It caused European engineers and other skilled workers to return home.
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It eliminated Spanish and Portuguese subsidies for the development of roads and harbors.
2
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What country was initially prevented from industrializing because of a lack of free laborers?
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Germany
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Italy
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Britain
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Russia
3
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Which invention enabled nineteenth-century manufacturers to power machinery where steam engines were too big to be used?
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water wheels
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internal combustion engines
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wind turbines
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solar-powered engines
4
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To whom is the invention of the radio attributed?
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Thomas Edison
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Guglielmo Marconi
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Henry Ford
5
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After the Meiji Restoration, where did industrialization begin?
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China
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Russia
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Japan
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Brazil
6
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How did colonization in the second half of the nineteenth century differ from colonization in previous centuries?
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Nineteenth-century colonialism was inspired primarily by religious not economic motives.
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Nineteenth-century colonialism generated very little violence.
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Nineteenth-century colonies were not usually intended to be settler colonies.
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Nineteenth-century colonies were largely left to govern themselves with little interference.
7
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Which industrial innovation aided colonization in the second half of the nineteenth century?
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Maxim gun
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color photography
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electricity
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automobile
8
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What was one of the main motives of nineteenth-century imperialism?
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learning more about the cultures of non-European peoples
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finding new lands for large numbers of Europeans to settle in
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gaining access to raw materials
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discovering new species of animal life
9
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What was a major reason Europeans did not make extensive inroads into the African interior before the middle of the nineteenth century?
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African societies’ superior weapons-making technology
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inability to protect themselves from malaria
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fear of large predatory animals
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lack of desire to secure raw materials or trade with Africans
10
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What caused the Fashoda Incident?
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France and Britain each sought control of Sudan to connect their colonies by rail.
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Germany tried to seize some of Britain’s African colonies.
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Belgium and France both claimed the same territory in the Congo Basin.
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Egyptians revolted when Britain and France tried to depose their ruler.
11
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With which country did Japan compete for control of Korea?
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Germany
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Britain
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United States
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Russia
12
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Which nation established colonies primarily in West Africa and Indochina?
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Britain
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Italy
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France
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United States
13
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What was the purpose of the 1884–1885 Berlin Conference?
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to punish France for its brutality toward West Africans
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to decide which European countries possessed different parts of Africa
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to conclude a peace treaty between Italy and Ethiopia
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to carve out the industrialized nations’ spheres of influence in China
14
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By the end of the nineteenth century, which country had adopted a primarily political response to European colonization?
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China
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India
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Philippines
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Ethiopia
15
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What was the Force Publique?
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an Indigenous army used to discipline Congolese laborers
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the Egyptian army that fought to take control of Sudan
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a health-care organization in France’s African and Asian colonies
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a court for trying French citizens accused of abusing natives of French West Africa
16
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In what way did rinderpest harm the colonized people of Africa?
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It killed the corn crop, causing millions to starve to death.
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It doubled the rate of infant mortality.
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It caused widespread blindness.
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It sickened and killed African cattle herds.