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296. Britain overcame its negative trade balance with China in the 1800s
by importing
(A) cotton
(B) opium
(C) porcelain
(D) silver
(E) tea
297. The Opium Wars exemplify which of the following effects
of the Industrial Revolution?
(A) Republican governments took every opportunity to spread
democracy.
(B) Large nations were invariably able to overpower and colonize
smaller ones.
(C) Modern weapons enabled industrial nations to subjugate
traditional civilizations.
(D) Social revolutions began to depose absolute monarchs.
(E) Nations began to rely on diplomatic negotiations rather
than immediately resorting to force of arms.
298. In 1883, which nation took over a group of Southeast Asian states
that it referred to collectively as Indochina?
(A) Britain
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) the Netherlands
(E) Portugal
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299. What was Britain’s primary reason for invading Egypt and imposing
protectorate status on it in the late 19th century?
(A) to ensure itself an ally among the Arab nations
(B) to monitor and control Egypt’s relations with other African colonies
(C) to achieve financial control over the Suez Canal
(D) to establish and enforce a trade monopoly on Egyptian cotton
(E) to develop Egypt into a modern parliamentary republic
300. In the 19th century, European nations entered into an age of colonial
expansion for all these reasons EXCEPT
(A) to reap economic profits from favorable trade agreements
(B) to keep pace with the expansion of other European empires
(C) to gain new converts for their churches and new soldiers for their
armies
(D) to impose European cultures on populations the Europeans regarded
as uncivilized
(E) to explore and investigate the unknown
301. Which Southeast Asian nation remained independent throughout the era
of 19th-century European colonization in the Pacific?
(A) Burma
(B) Java
(C) Siam
(D) Singapore
(E) Vietnam
302. Rural Africans living in the interior were less affected by European
colonization than coastal and urban Africans because
(A) they were economically poorer
(B) they were not as well educated
(C) they were not as easily intimidated
(D) they were not geographically accessible
(E) they were less hospitable and trusting
303. During which of the following military conflicts did the British succeed
in driving the French out of India?
(A) the Seven Years’ War
(B) the Sino-Japanese War
(C) the Sepoy Mutiny
(D) World War I
(E) World War II
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304. In the process of establishing control over the Suez Canal, Britain made
all of the following into protectorates or colonies EXCEPT
(A) Egypt
(B) Libya
(C) Nigeria
(D) Rhodesia
(E) Sudan
305. Which European nation did NOT amass huge profits from the
transatlantic trade in African slaves during the 18th century?
(A) Britain
(B) France
(C) Italy
(D) the Netherlands
(E) Portugal
306. Which is NOT one of the ways in which European missionaries to Africa
brought substantial, meaningful improvements with them?
(A) They distributed medicines, doctored and nursed the sick, and
trained the Africans to do the same.
(B) They worked to establish representative governments in the colonies.
(C) They created the first written versions of tribal languages and taught
the Africans to read and write them.
(D) They pushed for the termination of what they considered barbaric
practices, such as polygamy and human sacrifice.
(E) They gained the Africans’ respect and regard by assimilating into
their cultures.
307. Why did 18th-century Europeans have little difficulty enlisting Africans
to sell other Africans into slavery?
(A) African tribes often regarded one another as hostile foreign
populations.
(B) Europeans lied to the African captors about the ultimate fate of those
who were sold.
(C) Africans felt that it was wise not to antagonize the European invaders
by refusing to help them.
(D) African captors believed they were helping their captives gain access
to good opportunities overseas.
(E) African tribes often looked to the Europeans to protect them from
neighboring tribes.