This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > History > Colonial > Colonialism And Post Colonialism – Quiz 84 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Colonialism And Post Colonialism Quiz 84 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Empire that established colonies in Mexico, Central America, South America and the Philippines (as its first Asian colony) A) Dutch Empire. B) British Empire. C) Spanish Empire. D) Portuguese Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spanish Empire. 2. Who had said, "Let's go back to the Vedas? A) Vivekananda. B) Ram Mohan Roy. C) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar. D) Dayanand Saraswati. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dayanand Saraswati. 3. What is the most populated country in Africa? A) South Africa. B) Nigeria. C) Egypt. D) Ethiopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nigeria. 4. China and Britain fought a war over: A) The Korean peninsula. B) Conquests along the Nile River. C) Opium production and distribution. D) The elimination of the samurai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opium production and distribution. 5. Power to create decrees that were almost equivalent to king's laws A) Be fulfilled. B) Council of the Indies. C) Royal Court. D) Superior decree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Superior decree. 6. As part of the Constitution of 1824, what two provinces were combined into one? A) Mexico and Coahuila. B) Coahuila and Texas. C) Sonora and Sinaloa. D) Chihuahua and Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coahuila and Texas. 7. What is the best definition for colonialism? A) When one nation takes partial or full control over another people group. B) When one nation forces other nearby nations to learn their language. C) When one nation forces their culture and practices on nearby people groups. D) When one nation tries to build cities larger than its rivals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When one nation takes partial or full control over another people group. 8. Which of the following was NOT a colonized area under Portugal? A) Peru. B) India. C) Brazil. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peru. 9. 14-. Differentiates between colonizers and indigenous people. A) Colonizers are people who are going to conquer land that is not theirs and indigenous people are people born in a place. B) Colonizers are people born in a place and indigenous people are people who are going to conquer a land that is not theirs. C) Only the green one is correct. D) None is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colonizers are people who are going to conquer land that is not theirs and indigenous people are people born in a place. 10. Mother countries growing wealthy via controlled trade with colonies A) Colonies. B) Mercantilism. C) Trade. D) Stealing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercantilism. 11. Who created the term "mercantile system?" A) Herodotus. B) Adam Smith. C) Wednesday Addams. D) Christopher Columbus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adam Smith. 12. Which one doesn't belong to the positive values that the host countries pushed their colonies to adopt? A) Human rights standards. B) Investment strategy. C) Democratic practices. D) Governmental institution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Investment strategy. 13. Where did Sultan Hasanuddin come from and what was the name of the agreement agreed at that time? A) Central Sulawesi and the Tuntang Agreement. B) South Sulawesi and the Bongaya Agreement. C) West Kalimantan and the Linggarjati Agreement. D) Central Java and the Renville Agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South Sulawesi and the Bongaya Agreement. 14. Who among the following, led the Sepoys at Kanpur in the 1857 Uprising? A) Kunwar Singh. B) Tantia Tope. C) Lax rice white. D) Nana Suhaib. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nana Suhaib. 15. Indicate with a cross the statements that refer to the "Belle Epoque" A) Industrial production and world trade doubled between 1880 and 1914, trade halved. B) Industrial profits grew dramatically. C) It dates back to between 1873 and 1896; Living conditions improved. D) There was great confidence in the future; infant mortality reached very high levels, there was great confidence in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial profits grew dramatically. 16. Colonialism generally made a positive impact to their colonies. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 17. The encomienda system was stopped because of ..... from the natives and the friars. A) Complaints. B) Agreement. C) Love. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complaints. 18. At what conference did European nations decide to split up Africa? A) Warsaw Conference. B) Brussels Conference. C) Paris Conference. D) Berlin Conference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Berlin Conference. 19. They were exploited through the mita and the encomienda, to the..... A) Creole. B) Natives. C) Slaves. D) Colonists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natives. 20. Oldest school for girls A) Beaterios. B) Saint Potenciana. C) St. Elizabeth's College. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) St. Elizabeth's College. 21. Which document was issued on July 4 1776? A) Mayflower Compact. B) Declaration of Independence. C) Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Declaration of Independence. 22. The organization that operated in America during the colonial regime exercised by Spain was: A) Seville Contracting House. B) Town hall or podium or building council. C) Council of the Indies. D) General Captaincies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Council of the Indies. 23. When did colonization begin? A) 20th Century. B) 14th Century. C) 13th Century. D) 15th Century. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15th Century. 24. British colonial administration system adopted in the Lagos colony is was a ..... rule A) Indirect. B) Direct. C) Protectorate. D) Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct. 25. Christopher Columbus on his first voyage arrived at one of the Bahamas Islands, which was called and later named: A) La Gomera Island was later called Lanzarote. B) Terceira Island was later called Santa María. C) Guanahani Island was later called San Salvador. D) Eleuthera Island then St. Michael. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guanahani Island was later called San Salvador. 26. During the American period, the education was centered on two main concerns which are considered the two best legacy of the Americans in the country A) Health and safety. B) Environmental and security. C) Education and democracy. D) Science and music. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Education and democracy. 27. Which country invaded Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 1935 before the outbreak of WWII? A) Germany. B) Italy. C) France. D) Great Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italy. 28. What was Mohandas Gandhi's plan of civil disobedience? A) Refusing to follow laws that were seen as unjust or unfair. B) Violence aimed to frighten the British. C) Following all British laws. D) Ignoring the problems of the Untouchables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refusing to follow laws that were seen as unjust or unfair. 29. How did the Spanish colonists affect Native Americans? A) They tried to convert them to Christianity with Missions. B) They enslaved them. C) They took their land. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 30. It was a movement based on reason, which modified the way of understanding the world. Its thinkers maintained that the use of reason would lead to progress and this to modernity: A) The encyclopedia. B) Absolutism. C) Illustration. D) Liberalism. 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