This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > History > Colonial > Colonialism And Post Colonialism – Quiz 97 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Colonialism And Post Colonialism Quiz 97 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. France, which at that time controlled the Netherlands, sent Daendels as the new Governor General, Deandles' main task was A) Build a postal highway stretching from Anyer-Panarukan. B) Opened a hospital and built a fort in the northern part of Java Island. C) Build weapons factories for various types of weapons. D) Established a military training center by recruiting many native youths. E) Defending Java from British invasion and control. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Defending Java from British invasion and control. 2. What is cultural superiority? A) A genre of music. B) The belief that one's culture is worse than others. C) The belief that culture is the most important part of society. D) The belief that one's culture is better than others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The belief that one's culture is better than others. 3. What was the name of the peace by which Spain ceded Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States? A) New York Peace. B) Peace of Paris. C) Peace of Amiens. D) Reinsurance Treaty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peace of Paris. 4. Where did the Industrial Revolution begin? A) France. B) Germany. C) United States. D) Great Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Great Britain. 5. (i) Which group of cities was recognized as Presidency cities? A) Bombay, Orissa, and Calcutta. B) Bombay, Madras, and Visakhapatnam. C) Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta. D) Madras, Rajasthan, and Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta. 6. An astronomical instrument used to measure the altitude of the sun or start from the horizon to determine the distance of latitude from the equator. A) Astrolabe. B) Caravel. C) Compass. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrolabe. 7. Colonialism focused on A) Africa. B) America. C) Europa. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) America. 8. What explorer sailed in 1492 from Spain to look for trade routes to China and India and established the Spanish Empire in North America? A) Michael Jordan. B) Hernando de Soto. C) Christopher Columbus. D) Hernan Cortez. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Christopher Columbus. 9. But the first successful English colony in America was the Colony of ..... ? A) Virginia. B) Connecticut. C) Plymouth. D) Delaware. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virginia. 10. Based on the Saragosa agreement, which country should leave Mollucas? A) Spain. B) Portuguese. C) Great Britain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spain. 11. Which European nation took control of the Congo? A) Britain. B) Belgium. C) France. D) Portugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Belgium. 12. The subjecting power is considered an empire and the subject nations are part of its area of influence. A) Imperialism. B) Colonialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperialism. 13. What term is used for a system of cutting trees controlled by the forest department, where one type of tree is planted in straight rows, replacing natural forests? A) Traditional forestry. B) Community forestry. C) Plantation forestry. D) Scientific forestry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plantation forestry. 14. Who is the author of The Location of Culture? A) Edward Said. B) Homi a. Bhava. C) Gayatri Chakraborty Spivak. D) Bill Ashcroft. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homi a. Bhava. 15. Who are the natives" ? A) People who live in Latin America. B) People who migrate to another place. C) Mixed race people. D) The native people of a place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The native people of a place. 16. The so-called "Revolution of 1905" begins with a Demonstration whose repression is known as..... A) The Great Repression. B) Bloody sunday. C) The attack on the Winter Palace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bloody sunday. 17. Imperialism is control of ..... A) Drinking water. B) Foreign lands. C) Powerful weapons. D) Religious belief. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreign lands. 18. Who is Christopher Columbus? A) The first known European to land on the shores of Africa. B) The first known European to land on the shores of Europe. C) The first known European to land on the shores of Asia. D) The first known European to land on the shores of America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The first known European to land on the shores of America. 19. What does the name "Stalin" mean A) "The greatest". B) "The Man of Steel". C) "The Man of the People". D) "The Immortal". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The Man of Steel". 20. What phenomenon happened in Europe that was responsible behind the birth of capitalism? A) Industrial revolution. B) Silk trade. C) Crusades. D) American revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial revolution. 21. What was the social impact of the Second Industrial Revolution? A) Decrease in unemployment. B) Changes in working conditions, urbanization and the working class. C) Increased economic well-being for all. D) Improvement of environmental conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Changes in working conditions, urbanization and the working class. 22. During which time period did the Age of Imperialism occur? A) 15th to 19th centuries. B) Late 20th to early 21st century. C) 19th and early 20th century. D) Late 17th to early 18th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 19th and early 20th century. 23. Strait of Magellan A) The strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent. B) Strait between Taiwan and Luzon island of the Philippines. C) Channel connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, lying between southernmost Spain and northwesternmost Africa. D) A passagewayin the area between what isnow Chile and Tierrra delFeugo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A passagewayin the area between what isnow Chile and Tierrra delFeugo. 24. During the February Revolution of 1917, a "duality of powers" was established between..... A) Kerensky and Prince Lvov. B) The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks. C) The Provisional Government and the Soviets. D) None is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Provisional Government and the Soviets. 25. What continent was not colonized by Europeans in the 19th century? A) Oceania. B) Africa. C) America. D) Antarctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antarctic. 26. How did most settlers in the Southern Colonies make their living? A) Manufacturing. B) Farming. C) Trade. D) Fishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farming. 27. There were seven stages of the Moro Wars, the series of conflicts between the Spaniards and Muslims. A) BLUFF. B) FACT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) BLUFF. 28. Which theory explains the long history of extraction between a colony and its colonizer, creating an economic situation that's difficult to pull out of? A) World systems theory. B) Dependency theory. C) Marxist theory. D) Neo-colonialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependency theory. 29. What happened to the first English colony of Roanoke? A) Roanoake disappeared. B) Roanoake was successful. C) They went back to England. D) They joined the local Indian tribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roanoake disappeared. 30. From what year did geographical expeditions begin to take place? A) 1820. B) 1870. C) 1880. D) 1850. 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