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

Which of the following statements concerning colonial society in India and Java prior to 1850 is most accurate?

Which of the following statements concerning colonial society in India and Java prior to 1850 is most accurate?

a. In both cases a new indigenous ruling class soon emerged based on the teachings of the Utilitarians.
b. The arrival of the British and the Dutch completely destroyed the original social hierarchies of India and Java.
c. The massive conversion of the Javanese to Protestantism created a significant change in social mores, but the British were unable to carry out a similar change in India.
d. The Dutch and British incursions resulted in the removal of the indigenous aristocracies and the substitution of direct European control of the peasants.
e. The Dutch and British were content to leave the social systems of Java and India pretty much as they found them.

Answer: E

Which of the following descriptions most accurately defines the term "tropical dependencies?"

Which of the following descriptions most accurately defines the term "tropical dependencies?"

a. Colonies in which small numbers of Europeans ruled large numbers of non-Western peoples
b. Equatorial regions of South America under the control of Spain
c. Colonies that were largely unpopulated prior to the coming of the Europeans
d. Imperial possessions in which the numbers of European settlers and indigenous peoples were approximately equal
e. Colonies with substantial majorities of white, European immigrants

Answer: A