This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > History > Colonial > Colonialism And Post Colonialism – Quiz 156 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Colonialism And Post Colonialism Quiz 156 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How did the Europeans divide up Africa? A) They asked Africans for suggestions about where to draw the borders. B) They used artificial boundaries. C) They carefully considered where different ethnic groups were located. D) They divided it up equally among themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They used artificial boundaries. 2. Who was allowed at the conference splitting up African nations? A) Only Europeans. B) Europeans and Africans. C) Only Africans. D) Anyone who wanted to come. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only Europeans. 3. What is the colony? A) Period when America was under Spanish rule. B) Period in which America becomes independent from Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period when America was under Spanish rule. 4. What did the Portuguese gain access to when they reached Goa in India? A) Silk and Spices. B) Gold and Diamonds. C) Jade and Porcelain. D) Tea and Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silk and Spices. 5. When did the international period of decolonization begin? A) 1946. B) 1776. C) 1975. D) 1914. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1914. 6. Of that 10.7 million that disembarked in the Americas and Caribbean, 366, 000 were directly sent to North America. What percentage of the 10.7 million was that? Answer is rounded up to the nearest whole number. A) 1%. B) 8%. C) 5%. D) 3%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3%. 7. Was the colonial expansion of European states motivated, among other things, by nationalism? A) Oui. B) Non. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oui. 8. Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer who proposed heliocentric theory. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 9. A belief that a country's security depended on selling more products than it bought (maintaining a positive trade balance); establishing colonies who would sell raw materials to the home country at low prices and who would in turn buy what they needed ONLY from the mother country A) Navigation Acts. B) Mercantilism. C) Triangular Trade. D) Middle Passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercantilism. 10. Why was the British Empire unhappy with the first peace treaty? A) They wanted more money. B) They didn't get to keep the territory they conquered. C) They didn't get as many open ports as they wanted. D) Opium was still illegal in China. E) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All the above. 11. Which seas does the Suez Canal connect to? A) Mediterranean Sea-Indian Ocean. B) Mediterranean Sea-Atlantic Ocean. C) Atlantic Ocean-Pacific Ocean. D) Indian Ocean-Pacific Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mediterranean Sea-Indian Ocean. 12. Which weakness of the Articles of Confederation did Shays' Rebellion MOST call attention to? A) The government's inability to create a unified currency. B) The government's inability to maintain a standing army. C) The government's inability to impose and collect federal taxes. D) The government's inability to amend the Articles without a unanimous vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The government's inability to impose and collect federal taxes. 13. The chronicler that accompanied Magellan during his expedition A) Ferdinand Magellan. B) Antonio Pigafetta. C) Jose Rizal. D) Christopher Columbus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonio Pigafetta. 14. The part of the Triangular Trade in which millions of enslaved Africans were sent from Africa to colonies throughout the Americas. Of the 12.5 million Africans shipped to the New World, about 2 million did not survive the journey. A) Columbian exchange. B) Middle passage. C) Atlantic slave trade. D) Mercantilism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middle passage. 15. How did the slave trade contribute to the growth of European economies? A) The slave trade had no impact on European economies. B) The slave trade led to a decrease in agricultural production and trade in Europe. C) The slave trade caused economic stagnation in Europe. D) The slave trade provided a cheap labor force and increased agricultural production and trade, leading to economic growth in Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The slave trade provided a cheap labor force and increased agricultural production and trade, leading to economic growth in Europe. 16. Tool used to determine direction (N, S, E, W) A) Compass. B) Astrolabe. C) Caravel. D) Telescope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compass. 17. Which of the following changes brought about by industrialization is incorrect A) Birth of a new social class:the working class. B) Birth of workers' parties and associations. C) Birth of the bourgeoisie. D) Birth of currents of thought such as Marxism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birth of the bourgeoisie. 18. What were the American institutions? A) The council, the royal Crown audience, Council of the Indies governorates, townships. B) The council, the royal audience, House of Contract, Royal treasury, viceroyalties, governorates. C) The council, the royal audience, Royal treasury, viceroyalties, governorates, townships. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The council, the royal audience, Royal treasury, viceroyalties, governorates, townships. 19. Since what year did several nations carry out a violent and dizzying territorial expansion? A) 1850. B) 1870. C) 1825. D) 1865. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1850. 20. In the early 19th century, Singapore became a colony A) France. B) Netherlands. C) Spain. D) Older brother. 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