Ap Euro Chapter 17

The period historians call the New

Imperialism began in the ________.

1870s

India was formally ruled by which of the

following until 1857?

The Mughal emperor

When a European power placed one of its

officials in a foreign government to

remotely control that government a

_________ was created.

protectorate

Which country annexed Korea in 1910?

Japan

Laos and Cambodia became protectorates

of ________ in the 1880s and 1890s.

France

The Boxer Rebellion ended when ________.

an international army occupied Beijing

The Open Door Policy ________.

allowed all nations to trade in China on equal terms

What technological innovation helped

Britain win the first Opium War against

China?

Iron steamboat

The first transatlantic submarine cable

was laid in ________.

1866

What was "gunboat diplomacy"?

The use of warships to ensure cooperation

of local rulers with European imperialists

Missionaries were most active in

providing ________ to non-Westerners.

education

Why did British economic thinkers

advocate abandoning closed imperial

systems in favor of free trade?

Britain's manufacturing capacity

exceeded demands of the population.

The Opium Wars were a conflict between

Britain's desire to sell a product in China

and China's opposition to ________.

the import of an addictive product, opium

The Government of India Act in 1858

________.

transferred political authority from the

East India Company to the British Crown

Britain ________ from its rule of India.

benefited economically

By 1914, which of the following was true?

British colonization touched North, South, East, and West Africa.

Which of the following territories was

remained an independent nation in 1914?

Ethiopia

The Europeans' power attempt to

maximize their strategic control of

African territory, markets, and raw

materials was known as ________.

the Scramble for Africa

Which of these was used by Russia to

justify its expansion in the

Transcaucasus?

protection of fellow Christians

Which of the following statements is true

concerning colonization in Asia from

1880-1914?

American influence in southern Asia

increased by 1914.

Botanists played a profound role in which

of the following imperial ventures?

They transformed local crop production

to serve the needs of the empires' home

countries.

Anthropologists in the nineteenth and

early twentieth centuries did which of the

following?

They created zoo-like "native villages"

for people in Europe and America.

Which of these was NOT a British settler

colony?

Ireland

Which best describes the ultimate

outcome of the Russian wars of conquest

in Asia?

They resulted in Russian rivalry with

Britain.