This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > History > Colonial > Colonialism And Post Colonialism – Quiz 98 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Colonialism And Post Colonialism Quiz 98 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Characteristic of the East Indian and West Indian companies A) It was beneficial for their economic growth since they had a great example of trade. B) Due to its large companies it allowed better routes for trade to be opened. C) They negotiated a lot with the European powers. D) Among the main products they traded were pepper, silk, tea and fuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was beneficial for their economic growth since they had a great example of trade. 2. Only one ship, the Victoria, was able toreturn to Spain, under the command of ..... It crossed theIndian Ocean and the Cape of Good Hopeuntil it arrived in Seville, Spain onSeptember 22, 1521. A) Juan Sebastian del Cano. B) Antonio Pigafetta. C) Miguel Lopez of Legazpi. D) Ferdinand Magellan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juan Sebastian del Cano. 3. A sphere of influence was an area of a country in which a foreign nation had ..... A) Class systems. B) Codes of law. C) Total control. D) Special trading rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Special trading rights. 4. What is the Columbian Exchange? A) The exchange of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the "Old" and "New" Worlds. B) The exchange of land in exchange for support for the Spanish colonizers. C) The process whereby the Spanish were able to conquer the native peoples during the period of colonization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The exchange of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the "Old" and "New" Worlds. 5. Today, much of the Mumbai metropolitan area is built on reclaimed land. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. In the third Bismarckian system the Triple Alliance was consolidated, but what was the name of the agreement reached with Russia? A) Atlantic treaty. B) Triple Entente. C) Reinsurance Treaty. D) The Great Alliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reinsurance Treaty. 7. Which of the following items from the Columbian Exchange had the greatest impact on the American Indians and helped them the most? A) Bananas. B) Corn. C) Horses. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horses. 8. The Kol rebellion took place between these years: A) 1831-33. B) 1862-63. C) 1833-34. D) 1841-42. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1831-33. 9. What were the types of nationalism? A) Own entity and Conservator. B) Liberal and Conservative. C) Liberal socialism. D) Conservative sentiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liberal and Conservative. 10. Which European power had a particularly brutal colonial rule in the Congo? A) Belgium. B) Germany. C) Britain. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belgium. 11. On sugar cane plantations, the Portuguese used labor..... A) Enslaved indigenous people. B) Enslaved colonists. C) Enslaved Africans. D) Indigenous and enslaved Africans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enslaved Africans. 12. At the beginning of the 20th century the Netherlands faced war in Europe which caused huge financial losses. The Dutch way to cover these losses is..... A) Sell land to private parties. B) Abolish trade monopoly policies. C) Increase land tax and building tax. D) Increasing exports of tea, coffee, sugar cane crops. E) Mentality of VOC-owned companies to other European nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increasing exports of tea, coffee, sugar cane crops. 13. (S) The region in Africa discovered by Bartholomeus Diaz while searching for India was called..... A) Strait of Magellan. B) Cape of Good Hope. C) American continent. D) Tanjung Verde. E) Island of Guam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cape of Good Hope. 14. Main factors (in plural) for the consolidation of the Spanish kingdom. A) All of the above. B) Marriage between Isabel I and Fernando II. C) Strengthening Aragon through commercial control of the Mediterranean. D) Religion as a unifying element of the Iberian Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the above. 15. Everyone on the island joined the cry for independence of the Grito de Lares. A) Falso. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falso. 16. The age of exploration began between the ..... centuries. A) 09th-10th. B) 20th and 21st. C) 13th and 14th. D) 17th anf 18th. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13th and 14th. 17. To justify atrocities, it has been mentioned that colonialism has a A) Civilizing. B) Cultural. C) Religious. D) Idyllic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Civilizing. 18. What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference of 1884 and 1885? A) It was to establish ground rules for colonizing Africa. B) It was meant to be a check on King Leopold's activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was to establish ground rules for colonizing Africa. 19. After Gandhi called off the independence movement in 1922, why was he arrested by the British? A) Inciting violence. B) Treason. C) Unlawful protests. D) Robbing British businesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inciting violence. 20. Gandhi's activity in this photograph is a reaction to A) South Asian famines. B) India's nonalignment during the Cold War. C) British imperialism of India. D) Russia's invasion of South Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) British imperialism of India. 21. During the second colonial exploitation in Indochina (1919-1929), the French colonialists advocated investing in the agricultural sector to A) Meet the needs of the national economy. B) Make the colonial economy develop balance. C) Abolish feudal production methods. D) Create equal development among economic regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make the colonial economy develop balance. 22. Professionally, Buchanan was a/an A) Philosopher. B) Viceroy. C) Archaeologist. D) Physician. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physician. 23. Besides producing cash crops, how else did India serve British economic needs? A) India was a huge market of 300 million consumers. B) India is a large nation for factory work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India was a huge market of 300 million consumers. 24. Where did the British troops in the First Opium War deployed from? A) Africa. B) India. C) Hong Kong. D) Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India. 25. The first VOC Governor General was ..... A) J.P Coen. B) Pieter Both. C) Van Den Bosch. D) Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pieter Both. 26. All:Which document is the most emotionally AGAINST colonialism? A) Document 4. B) Document 6. C) Document 7. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Document 6. 27. With what territory did Spain expand its domains in the 19th century? A) Filipinas. B) Indochina. C) Taiwan. D) Equatorial Guinea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equatorial Guinea. 28. The western nation who first arrived in the archipelago and then monopolized the spice trade in Maluku, namely..... A) Spanish. B) French. C) English. D) Portuguese. E) Dutch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Portuguese. 29. Indonesia received influence:..... A) French. B) English. C) Spanish. D) Dutch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dutch. 30. Damin-i-Koh was the area demarcated for the tribe. A) To. B) Santhal. C) Junto. D) Munda. 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