This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > History > Colonial > Colonialism And Post Colonialism – Quiz 165 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Colonialism And Post Colonialism Quiz 165 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This country in Asia was known as Britain's "crown jewel" . A) China. B) India. C) Manchuria. D) Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India. 2. Due to the emphasis placed on education most colonists did this regularly. A) Read the Bible. B) Read a hornbook. C) Read something like Poor Richard's Almanac. D) All of these are accurate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are accurate. 3. The House of ..... was the first representative government in the New World. A) Representatives. B) Confederation. C) Burgesses. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burgesses. 4. What is a sphere of influence? A) A country or area that is controlled by another country with no formal authority to do so. B) A state that is under the protection of another state, but directly controlled by the protecting state. C) An area whose art and music are influenced by a foreign power. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A country or area that is controlled by another country with no formal authority to do so. 5. By using the doctrine of lapse, Dalhousie annexed many states including A) Travancore. B) Punjab. C) Surat. D) Mysore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surat. 6. Who led the first demonstration in 1905? And what was the Tsar's reaction? A) The priest Gapon and reacted sadly. B) Hernan Cortes and he reacted very happily. C) The priest Gapon reacted violently and claimed many lives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The priest Gapon reacted violently and claimed many lives. 7. What is the significance of the Berlin Conference in the context of colonialism? A) It led to the independence of African nations. B) It resulted in the eradication of colonialism in Africa. C) It formalized the European colonization and division of Africa. D) It had no impact on the colonization of Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It formalized the European colonization and division of Africa. 8. Which European country was mostly involved in the fur trade during the early days of Canada? A) England. B) France. C) Spain. D) Vikings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) France. 9. The Spanish were motivated to explore and colonize by three factors A) Christmas, Easter, and Summer Vaca. B) God, Gold, and Glory. C) Rice, Ropes, and Rhinestones. D) Friends, Furs, and Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) God, Gold, and Glory. 10. Which historical event most directly influenced the development of the 1947 plan shown on map A? A) Russian pogroms. B) The fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. C) Paris Peace Conference. D) The Holocaust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Holocaust. 11. WHO CAPTAINED THE CARABELA LA NIÑA. It had a stronger construction, but of reduced length (a little less than 20 meters) at the mercy of the waves. A) Vicente Yáñez Pinzón. B) Martin Alonso Pinzón. C) Rodrigo de Triana. D) Ferdinand Magellan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vicente Yáñez Pinzón. 12. The US enters World War I in..... A) 1917. B) 1916. C) 1915. D) 1918. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1917. 13. All of the thirteen English colonies in North America allowed slavery.Which of the following BEST explains why the slave population was concentrated in the Southern colonies? A) Southern colonies had more seaports for importing slaves. B) Southern colonies had labor-intensive agricultural economies. C) Northern colonies attracted religious groups opposed to slavery. D) Northern colonies were sparsely populated which made it easier for slaves to escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Southern colonies had labor-intensive agricultural economies. 14. Who were the main inventors during the Second Industrial Revolution? A) Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Nikola Tesla. B) Benjamin Franklin, James Watt, Samuel Morse. C) Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei. D) Marie Curie, Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Nikola Tesla. 15. How did the Industrial Revolution spur (increase) Europeans' desire to colonize Africa? A) They needed more land. B) They wanted to control everything. C) They were looking for more raw materials & markets. D) They wanted to build factories in Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were looking for more raw materials & markets. 16. Spanish is spoken in many Latin American countries. This is a consequence..... A) Demographic. B) Social. C) Policy. D) Cultural. E) Economic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cultural. 17. Which of the following DID NOT happen in relation to the industrial revolution of 1800s? A) Shift of the dominant religion in Europe from Christianity to Islam. B) Shift of working from fields to working in factories. C) Shift of pure manual labor to the use of machines. D) Shift of the center of economy from the country to the cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shift of the dominant religion in Europe from Christianity to Islam. 18. What is colonization? A) A type of imperialism. B) A type of governance. C) A type of economy. D) A type of political system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A type of imperialism. 19. An explorer who claims land for Spain is known as a ..... A) Rancher. B) Migrant. C) Conquistador. D) Empressarion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conquistador. 20. Which of the following governor introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal and Bihar? A) William Bentick. B) Lord Cornwallis. C) Thomas Munro. D) Lord Dalhousie. 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