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

Need help with your exam preparation?

Question #1
Who was the Ottoman governor who led Egypt in the years following the Napoleonic wars?
A.   Abdul Assar
B.   Muhammad Ali
C.   Abbas II
D.   Ataturk
Question #2
How did Muhammad Ali raise money to pay for his army and the industrialization of Egypt?
A.   He built large cotton mills.
B.   He borrowed money from Russia.
C.   He reopened the slave markets.
D.   He developed commercial agriculture.
Question #3
What was the main economic goal of European imperialists in Africa?
A.   To develop new settlements to be populated by working-class Europeans
B.   To connect Africa to world markets in a way that would be profitable for the Europeans
C.   To encourage sustainable indigenous industrial development
D.   To develop markets for industrial goods in the European colonies
Question #4
Economically, British abolitionists sought to replace the African slave trade with trade in which of the following?
A.   Wheat and barley
B.   Coffee and cotton
C.   Gold and silver
D.   Tropical products
Question #5
Why was Great Britain motivated to engage in imperialism in the 1870s?
A.   It wanted to civilize the Africans more than it did the Indians.
B.   Its lead in industrial domination was declining.
C.   Its soaring population had created a massive shortage of jobs at home.
D.   It had developed no new colonies since the loss of its North American colonies.
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 the leader of a protest against working conditions at the DeBeers' diamond mines who spread knowledge of the atrocities there throughout Europe.
C.   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.
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 did not see slavery as a significant issue.
C.   They had no moral qualms about slavery.
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 raised violent opposition.
B.   They immediately began diplomatic negotiations.
C.   They displayed measured indifference.
D.   They generally deemed it unwise to resist.
Question #9
Who won the battle of Omdurman in 1898?
A.   The Belgians
B.   The British
C.   The Dutch
D.   Sudanese Muslims
Question #10
King Leopold II became notorious for which of the following?
A.   The lengths he would go to acquire ivory
B.   The exploitation of Africans in the Congo
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.   Syria
C.   Iran
D.   Iraq
Question #12
Who built the Suez Canal?
A.   Ottoman janissaries
B.   A French company
C.   The British East India Company
D.   Muhammad Ali's army
Question #13
Cecil Rhodes and De Beers dominated the African trade in what?
A.   Slaves
B.   Ivory
C.   Diamonds
D.   Rubber
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.   Ethiopia
C.   Senegal
D.   Sudan
Question #15
What was one consequence of the spread of Islam in the Sudan?
A.   Slavery was abolished in the region.
B.   The trans-Saharan trade doubled.
C.   Fewer women married.
D.   A written constitution was established.
Question #16
How did the Ibo of Nigeria respond to the British arrival in East Africa?
A.   They became highly Christianized.
B.   They adapted to British rule and ran their colonial state through elected offices.
C.   Their tribal officials agreed to build hundreds of miles of railroads.
D.   They violently resisted European colonization.
Question #17
By the nineteenth century, the Ottoman janissary corps had been transformed into
A.   Shi'a converts.
B.   a slave army of Armenians.
C.   a corrupt and privileged hereditary elite.
D.   elite, innovative infantry units.

Need help with your exam preparation?