Sociology 001 - Introduction to Sociology » Spring 2022 » Chapter 25 Quiz

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Question #1
Who was the Ottoman governor who led Egypt in the years following the Napoleonic wars?
A.   Abbas II
B.   Ataturk
C.   Muhammad Ali
D.   Abdul Assar
Question #2
How did Muhammad Ali raise money to pay for his army and the industrialization of Egypt?
A.   He borrowed money from Russia.
B.   He built large cotton mills.
C.   He developed commercial agriculture.
D.   He reopened the slave markets.
Question #3
What was the main economic goal of European imperialists in Africa?
A.   To develop markets for industrial goods in the European colonies
B.   To develop new settlements to be populated by working-class Europeans
C.   To connect Africa to world markets in a way that would be profitable for the Europeans
D.   To encourage sustainable indigenous industrial development
Question #4
Economically, British abolitionists sought to replace the African slave trade with trade in which of the following?
A.   Wheat and barley
B.   Tropical products
C.   Gold and silver
D.   Coffee and cotton
Question #5
Why was Great Britain motivated to engage in imperialism in the 1870s?
A.   Its soaring population had created a massive shortage of jobs at home.
B.   It had developed no new colonies since the loss of its North American colonies.
C.   It wanted to civilize the Africans more than it did the Indians.
D.   Its lead in industrial domination was declining.
Question #6
Who was Shaka, and why was he significant?
A.   He was the British-appointed ruler of the Cape Colony who worked to impose and enforce British policies in Africa.
B.   He was a Zulu leader who revolutionized African warfare and created the largest and most powerful African society in southern Africa in the nineteenth century.
C.   He was the leader of a protest against working conditions at the DeBeers' diamond mines who spread knowledge of the atrocities there throughout Europe.
D.   He was the leader of Ethiopia's resistance to Italian imperialism and was successful in achieving independence for Ethiopia.
Question #7
Why were colonial officials reluctant to move decisively against slavery within Africa?
A.   They worried about the impact of such a move on public opinion in Europe.
B.   They had no moral qualms about slavery.
C.   They did not see slavery as a significant issue.
D.   They were fearful of the economic and political consequences of such a move.
Question #8
In the face of European imperialism, what was the most common initial response of African and Asian rulers?
A.   They immediately began diplomatic negotiations.
B.   They generally deemed it unwise to resist.
C.   They displayed measured indifference.
D.   They raised violent opposition.
Question #9
Who won the battle of Omdurman in 1898?
A.   The British
B.   The Dutch
C.   Sudanese Muslims
D.   The Belgians
Question #10
King Leopold II became notorious for which of the following?
A.   The exploitation of Africans in the Congo
B.   The lengths he would go to acquire ivory
C.   His playboy lifestyle
D.   His micromanagement of Belgium's empire
Question #11
In 1830, France began a long and bloody effort to conquer what province?
A.   Algeria
B.   Iraq
C.   Iran
D.   Syria
Question #12
Who built the Suez Canal?
A.   Muhammad Ali's army
B.   The British East India Company
C.   Ottoman janissaries
D.   A French company
Question #13
Cecil Rhodes and De Beers dominated the African trade in what?
A.   Ivory
B.   Rubber
C.   Diamonds
D.   Slaves
Question #14
The colonization of Africa was so thorough that by 1914 the only independent nations left were Liberia and what other nation?
A.   Morocco
B.   Senegal
C.   Ethiopia
D.   Sudan
Question #15
What was one consequence of the spread of Islam in the Sudan?
A.   Fewer women married.
B.   Slavery was abolished in the region.
C.   The trans-Saharan trade doubled.
D.   A written constitution was established.
Question #16
How did the Ibo of Nigeria respond to the British arrival in East Africa?
A.   They adapted to British rule and ran their colonial state through elected offices.
B.   They became highly Christianized.
C.   They violently resisted European colonization.
D.   Their tribal officials agreed to build hundreds of miles of railroads.
Question #17
By the nineteenth century, the Ottoman janissary corps had been transformed into
A.   a slave army of Armenians.
B.   Shi'a converts.
C.   elite, innovative infantry units.
D.   a corrupt and privileged hereditary elite.

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