Colonialism And Post Colonialism Quiz 121 (20 MCQs)

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1. Generic name for the roads that since ancient times linked Asia with the Mediterranean basin; from Europe to China.

Correct Answer: A) Silk Road.

2. Everyone can pursue their own happiness so long as it does not interfere with someone else

Correct Answer: A) Right.

3. Which state colonized the archipelago of present-day Indonesia in the seventeenth century?

Correct Answer: C) When.

4. Bombay was major export of

Correct Answer: C) Raw cotton.

5. When did the rebellion take place in Bastar?

Correct Answer: C) 1910.

6. Why was the Encomienda system created?

Correct Answer: D) To force Natives to work on farms or mines.

7. The Sulu Sea was a very important trade route, that was why the Spaniards wanted to take control it.

Correct Answer: A) FACT.

8. Who created the Work system in the Netherlands

Correct Answer: A) Deandels.

9. Who introduced doctrine of lapse in India?

Correct Answer: C) Lord Dalhousie.

10. Colonialism is understood as: "The political system in which more powerful nations dominate vast territories even if politically independent."

Correct Answer: A) TRUE.

11. The proposition to keep trade in China open equally to trade with all countries.

Correct Answer: B) "OPEN DOOR POLICY".

12. What place in Asia did the Europeans want to go?

Correct Answer: B) Moluccas.

13. EL ROCE Y LAS TENSIONES ENTRE LAS POTENCIAS EUROPEAS POR LOS TERRITORIOS A CONTROLAR, FUE LA CAUSA PARA LA:

Correct Answer: A) I WORLD WAR.

14. Algeria was a colony of

Correct Answer: A) French empire.

15. Below is not included to Western nation!

Correct Answer: A) Japanese.

16. Who was the conqueror of the Incas?

Correct Answer: C) Francisco Pizarro.

17. Who served in the Janissary army?

Correct Answer: A) Christian slaves who converted to Islam made up the Janissary army.

18. What region of the world became part of the British Empire in 1858?

Correct Answer: A) India.

19. What was the name of the Aztec capital city?

Correct Answer: A) Tenochtitlan.

20. In which act, the rule of East India Company ended in India?

Correct Answer: B) Govt. of India Act, 1858.