What was a critical factor in the growing tensions between the colonizers and the rising African and Asian middle classes?

What was a critical factor in the growing tensions between the colonizers and the rising African and Asian middle classes?

a. The growing size of European communities in foreign nations and the increased number of women in European settlements
b. The decline in European militarism
c. The growing military power of native peoples
d. The decline in the size of European communities in colonial settlements
e. The growing numbers of Christians among the African and Asian peoples

Answer: A

Which of the following is NOT a similarity between South Africa and Australia?

Which of the following is NOT a similarity between South Africa and Australia?

a. After slow starts, both Australian and Boer colonists began to move into the interior of their respective colonies.
b. Both were parts of the extensive British Empire.
c. Both were settled by Europeans at approximately the same time.
d. Settlers encountered a disease environment in both colonies in which they could survive.
e. Settlers found a temperate climate in both colonies in which they could grow crops and raise livestock familiar to Europeans.

Answer: C

In what way was the British East India Company's intrusion into India similar to the Dutch entry into Java?

In what way was the British East India Company's intrusion into India similar to the Dutch entry into Java?

a. The direct intervention of the British government
b. The use of mercenaries recruited from among indigenous peoples
c. The British removal of all local rulers in the 18th century
d. Effective naval operations in the Bay of Bengal
e. The conversion of the Indian elite to Christianity

Answer: A

What event set the Boer colony in South Africa on a different path than the White Dominions of Canada and Australia?

What event set the Boer colony in South Africa on a different path than the White Dominions of Canada and Australia?

a. The annexation of the colony by the British in 1815
b. The German invasion of southern Africa in 1902
c. The Boer War, 1899-1902
d. The arrival of the Bantu into those regions settled by the Boers in the 1790s
e. Uprising among the Khoikhoi in 1802

Answer: A