World History Chapter 14 The Height of Imperialism Study Guide - Mr. Ron McCants, Teacher
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. If a colony was run by ____, local elites were removed from power and replaced with a new set of officials
from the mother country.
a. divine rule
c. direct rule
b. colonial rule
d. Queensbury rule
2. In the Latin American colonial system, who were the mestizos?
a. top of the social classes; held all the important positions
b. the largest group; worked as servants and laborers
c. controlled land and business; regarded as second class citizens
d. the native peoples; enslaved by the African colonists
3. ____ joined José de San Martín’s forces to complete the liberation of Peru.
a. Agustín de Iturbide
c. Montezuma
b. Miguel Hidalgo
d. Simón Bolívar
4. Who seized power in Egypt in 1805 and established a separate Egyptian state?
a. Muhammad Ali
c. Muhammad Ahmad
b. Ferdinand de Lesseps
d. General Charles Gordon
5. The Boers were descendants of
a. the indigenous Zulu peoples of South Africa.
b. Watusi nomads, who had been driven south by German colonists.
c. the original Dutch settlers of Cape Town and the surrounding areas.
d. German colonists who pushed the Zulu peoples out of Nigeria.
6. In 1857, a growing Indian distrust of the British led to
a. the British replacing indirect rule with divine rule.
b. a treaty between Great Britain and India, restoring independence to India.
c. the British establishing a fort at Kanpur.
d. the First War of Independence, which the British called the Sepoy Mutiny.
7. Which country controlled parts of North, South, East, and West Africa?
a. Spain
c. Germany
b. Great Britain
d. France
8. Which country controlled parts of North, West, and Central Africa?
a. France
c. Portugal
b. Italy
d. Spain
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9. How many miles shorter was the trip from New York City to San Francisco going through the Panama Canal
than going through the Strait of Magellan?
a. 7,700
c. 10,000
b. 17,500
d. None of the above
____ 10. Which route went south of the Equator?
a. the route via the Strait of Magellan
c. Both A and B
b. the route via the Panama Canal
d. None of the above
____ 11. Which European country did not have colonies in Southeast Asia?
a. Belgium
b. France
c. Netherlands
d. Portugal
Some time ago a party of men came to my country . . . They asked me for a place to
dig for gold, and said they would give me certain things for the right to do so. I told
them to bring what they could give and I would show them what I would give. A
document was written and presented to me for signature. I asked what it contained,
and was told that in it were my words and the words of those men. I put my hand to
it. About three months afterwards I heard . . . that I had given by the document the
right to all the minerals of my country.
From Louis L. Snyder, ed., The Imperialism Reader, 1962.
____ 12. What does it mean to “put [a] hand to” something, as used in the passage?
a. to hit
c. to sign
b. to tear up
d. to shake hands
What, then shall the language of education [in India] be? [Some] maintain that it
should be the English. The other half strongly recommend the Arabic and Sanskrit.
The whole question seems to me to be, which language is best worth knowing?… It
is, I believe, no exaggeration to say that all the historical information which has been
collected from all the books written in the Sanskrit language is less valuable than
what may be found in short textbooks used at preparatory schools in England.
From Stanley Wolpert, A New History of India, 1977.
____ 13. What is in question in the passage?
a. what should be done with Sanskrit texts
b. what should be the language of education in India
c. how to teach Arabic and Sanskrit in preparatory schools in England
d. None of the above
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My children, this day comes to us as a new dispensation. Are you ready to receive
it? Will you be free? Will you make the effort to recover from the hated Spanish the
lands stolen from your forefathers 300 years ago?
—From Miguel Hidalgo
What does the speaker of this quote hope to accomplish?
a. to comfort his people
c. to calm his children
b. to arouse anger against Spain
d. None of the above
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Benefits of British Rule [in India]:
In the Cause of Humanity: Abolition of suttee and infanticide. Civilization:
Education, both male and female . . . Resuscitation of India’s own noble literature.
Politically: Peace and order. Freedom of speech and liberty of the press . . .
Improvement of government in the native states. Security of life and property.
Freedom from oppression . . . Materially: Loans for railways and irrigation.
Development of a few valuable products, such as indigo, tea, coffee, silk, etc.
Increase of imports. Telegraphs.
From Dadabhai Naroji, 1871.
Which was a political benefit of British rule in India?
a. resuscitation of India’s noble literature
c. freedom of speech
b. loans for railways
d. telegraphs
Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
16. Two conditions driving colonization by major European countries were the search for markets for
manufactured goods and the need to obtain ____________________.
17. By promoting friendly relations with the European powers, King Mongkut was able to maintain the
independence of ____________________.
18. ____________________ was the British leader who was forced to resign because he planned to overthrow the
government of the South African Republic.
19. In 1885, a small group of Indians met in Mumbai to form the _________________________.
20. Built to allow passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific across Central America, the ____________________
was opened in 1914.
Matching
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. Mohandas Gandhi
f.
b. Emiliano Zapata
g.
c. indirect rule
h.
d. peninsulares
i.
e. Cecil Rhodes
j.
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25.
26.
27.
28.
caudillos
King Mongkut
David Livingstone
Monroe Doctrine
viceroy
promoted Western learning in Thailand
allowed local rulers to maintain positions of authority in the new colonial setting
spent 30 years exploring uncharted regions of Africa
man who set British policy in South Africa in the 1880s
governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch
formed a nonviolent movement to force improvements for the Indian poor and gain Indian independence
held all the important positions in colonial Latin America
guaranteed the independence of the new Latin American nations and warned against any European
intervention
____ 29. ruled by military force, supported by the landed elites
____ 30. led the Mexican Revolution, seizing wealthy estates
World History Chapter 14 Study Guide - Mr. Ron McCants, Teacher
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS: C
DIF: E
REF: Page 433
STO: WH9.EHPS11
2. ANS: B
DIF: C
REF: Page 454
STO: WH9.GHPS8, WH9.GHPS8.a, WH9.EHPS11
3. ANS: D
DIF: A
REF: Page 455
STO: WH9.GHPS8, WH9.GHPS8.a, WH9.EHPS11
4. ANS: A
DIF: A
REF: Page 438
STO: WH9.EHPS11, WH9.EHPS11.a
5. ANS: C
DIF: A
REF: Page 440
STO: WH9.EHPS11, WH9.EHPS11.a
6. ANS: D
DIF: C
REF: Pages 448-449
STO: WH9.EHPS11
7. ANS: B
DIF: A
REF: Pages 436-441
STO: WH9.EHPS11, WH9.EHPS11.a
MSC: Document Based Question
8. ANS: A
DIF: A
REF: Pages 436-441
STO: WH9.EHPS11, WH9.EHPS11.a
MSC: Document Based Question
9. ANS: A
DIF: A
REF: Pages 456-457
STO: WH9.GHPS8.a
MSC: Document Based Question
10. ANS: A
DIF: E
REF: Pages 456-457
STO: WH9.GHPS8.a
MSC: Document Based Question
11. ANS: A
DIF: A
REF: Pages 429-434
STO: WH9.EHPS11
MSC: Document Based Question
12. ANS: C
DIF: C
REF: Pages 436-441
STO: WH9.EHPS11
MSC: Document Based Question
13. ANS: B
DIF: A
REF: Pages 448-452
STO: WH9.EHPS11
MSC: Document Based Question
14. ANS: B
DIF: A
REF: Pages 453-459
STO: WH9.GHPS8, WH9.GHPS8.a, WH9.EHPS11
MSC: Document Based Question
15. ANS: C
DIF: A
REF: Pages 448-452
STO: WH9.EHPS11
MSC: Document Based Question
COMPLETION
16. ANS: raw materials
DIF: E
17. ANS: Thailand
REF: Pages 429-430
DIF: A
REF: Page 432
18. ANS: Cecil Rhodes
DIF: A
REF: Pages 440-441
19. ANS: Indian National Congress
DIF: A
REF: Pages 451-452
STO: WH9.EHPS11
STO: WH9.EHPS11, WH9.EHPS11.a
STO: WH9.EHPS11, WH9.EHPS11.a
STO: WH9.EHPS11
20. ANS: Panama Canal
DIF: E
REF: Pages 456-457
STO: WH9.GHPS8.a
MATCHING
21. ANS: G
DIF: A
REF: Page 432
STO:
22. ANS: C
DIF: A
REF: Page 433
STO:
23. ANS: H
DIF: E
REF: Pages 438-439
STO: WH9.EHPS11
24. ANS: E
DIF: A
REF: Page 442
STO:
25. ANS: J
DIF: A
REF: Page 449
STO:
26. ANS: A
DIF: E
REF: Pages 451-452
STO: WH9.EHPS11
27. ANS: D
DIF: A
REF: Page 454
STO: WH9.GHPS8, WH9.GHPS8.a, WH9.EHPS11
28. ANS: I
DIF: A
REF: Page 455
STO: WH9.GHPS8, WH9.GHPS8.a, WH9.EHPS11
29. ANS: F
DIF: A
REF: Page 456
STO: WH9.GHPS8, WH9.GHPS8.a, WH9.EHPS11
30. ANS: B
DIF: A
REF: Page 458
STO: WH9.GHPS8, WH9.GHPS8.a, WH9.EHPS11
WH9.EHPS11, WH9.EHPS11.a
WH9.EHPS11
WH9.EHPS11, WH9.EHPS11.a
WH9.EHPS11