Chapter 23 Quiz

The Great Land Grab 1870–1914
. The New Imperialism began around

. Informal imperialism was _______.

. Was social Darwinism a misuse of Darwin's theory of evolution? ____

. Kipling's poem The White Man's Burden was written to _______.

. Which of the following were inventions of the Second Industrial Revolution? Select all that apply.

. The branch of science making the most exciting discoveries in the late 19th century was _______.

. The first gasoline-powered automobile was developed by _______.

. _______ aimed to improve the efficiency of the workplace by improving the productivity of workers.

. Which of the following countries did not attend the Conference of Berlin?

. Cecil Rhodes was _______. (Select all that apply)

. The United States gained control over _______ and _______at the end of the Spanish-American War.

. The only Asian nation to retain full independence was _______.

. Was spreading Christianity the motivating factor behind imperialism, or a justification for it?

. _______ was the practice of burning a widow along with her dead husband in parts of India.

. European _______ made command economies possible

. At the Battle of Omdurman, in the Sudan, the Sudanese army lost ten thousand men, while the opposing British lost _______.

. Leopold II of Belgium was forced to give up personal control over the Congo when investigations revealed _______.

. Mark Twain's "Salutation-Speech from the 19th century to the 20th" made fun of _______.

. Mohandas Gandhi led the _______ movement for independence.

. The Boxer rebels objected to _______. (Select all that apply)

. Chinese today are ambivalent about the Boxers because of their _______. (Select all that apply)

. True or False: All colonial people objected to European imperialism. ____

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Looking at this map, what are the signs that Spain probably did not have a strong industrial base? Select all that apply.

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This photo is making fun of _______.

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This image shows the Suez Canal, which was built to facilitate shipping between _______ and _______.

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