Chapter 24 multiple
choice questions
Beard AP World
Industrialization and Imperialism: the Making of the European
Global Order
Britain gained a firm footing in 18th century India by
A.
B.
C.
D.
Purchasing large amounts of territory directly from the Mughal Empire
Intermarriage of East India Company officials into local rulers’ families
By defeating the French and their allies
By acquiring territory from Portugal and Spain
The most important British colonial possession in terms of
prestige and economic value in the 19th and 20th centuries
was
A.
B.
C.
D.
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
India
European-educated colonial peoples were able to
undermine the European imperial order in all of the
following ways EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
The telegraph and the railroad
The English alphabet and literature
Western-style education
Social reforms, including a renewed effort to abolish sati
Generally, European leaders in the late 19th century saw
colonies as
A.
B.
C.
D.
Wastes of money and resources
Sources for raw materials and potential markets
Sources for slaves
Sources of new technologies
The most likely reason for success of European colonial
acquisitions during the 19th century was
A. European advances in weaponry, tropical medicine, and steam
transportation
B. The conversion of local peoples to Christianity that preceded European
arrival
C. The lack of local resistance to the Europeans
D. The European ability to improve local standards of living
By 1900 India and Africa differed in that
A.
B.
C.
D.
Indians largely abandoned their traditional religions
A more extensive railroad network developed in Africa
European racism did not affect attitudes in India
Africa was divided among several European empires