World history/WHME102/Nineteenth century imperialism/Review

Imperialism in the Long Nineteenth Century Multiple Choice Quiz

Complete the following quiz to review your knowledge from this learning pathway. This quiz will help students undertaking this course for credit to prepare for their test.

• The 'long nineteenth century' typically refers to:
  • the period between the Treaty of Vienna and the outbreak of World War One
    • Incorrect. Review the overview of this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • the period between the French Revolution and the outbreak of World War One
    • Correct. Well done!
  • the period between the French Revolution and 1900.
    • Incorrect. Review the overview of this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • the period between 1800 and the outbreak of World War One.
    • Incorrect. Review the overview of this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Essential to the colonial 'Scramble for Africa' was:
  • industrialization
    • Incorrect. This is one essential component, but there is a better answer. Review the lecture on New Imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • quinine
    • Incorrect. This is one essential component, but there is a better answer. Review the lecture on New Imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • military superiority
    • Incorrect. This is one essential component, but there is a better answer. Review the lecture on New Imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above.
    • Correct. Well done!
• The 'Great Game' was:
  • The imperial rivalry between the British and Russian Empires during the nineteenth century.
    • Correct. Well done!
  • The imperial rivalry between the British and Austro-Hungarian Empires during the nineteenth century.
    • Incorrect. Review the lecture on Imperial Rivalry in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • the 'Scramble for Africa' in the nineteenth century.
    • Incorrect. Review the lecture on Imperial Rivalry in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • the attempt by missionaries to convert indigenous peoples to various denominations of Christianity in the nineteenth century.
    • Incorrect. Review the lecture on Imperial Rivalry in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• New imperialism:
  • was a period of colonial expansion by European powers, Japan and the United States.
    • Incorrect. This is part of the correct answer, but there is a better response. Review the lecture on New Imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • was the most rapid and expansive period of colonization, occurring in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
    • Incorrect. This is part of the correct answer, but there is a better response. Review the lecture on New Imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • was sometimes justified by Social Darwinism.
    • Incorrect. This is part of the correct answer, but there is a better response. Review the lecture on New Imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above answers are correct.
    • Correct. Well done!

Imperialism in the Long Nineteenth Century True/False Review Quiz

Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:

• Imperial powers in the 'Scramble for Africa' included Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Italy, France, Great Britain and Russia.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Colonial Expansion in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• In the second half of the nineteenth century, Britain's dominance as an industrial and colonial power was increasingly challenged by Germany, France, Belgium and the United States.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Colonial Expansion in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• By 1914, there was little of the world left for colonial powers to conquer.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Industrial Rivalries in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• The 'Great Game' led to confrontations primarily in Africa.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Imperial Rivalry in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!
• 'Gospel, glory and gold' summarizes Spanish motivations in colonizing Latin America.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Colonial Expansion in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Of all the empires during this period, the British was the largest geographically.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Colonial Expansion in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.