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European expansion was renewed int he nineteenth century for all the following reasons except that: |
nations wanted to spread ideas of monarchy and feudalism. D. |
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What purchase doubled the size of the United States? |
the 1803 Louisiana Purchase
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Expansion of foreign trade and investments by American merchants and businessmen did what? |
it kept the United States from being totally isolated from world affairs.
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The Spanish-American War resulted from Spain's mistreatment of which country? |
Cuba
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine was a reaction to what? |
European threats to intervene in Latin America
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What allowed Britain independence without widespread revolt? |
self-government
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What act permitted French Canadians the right to retain their language, law and customs and to practice freely their Roman Catholic religion? |
the Quebec Act |
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Who were Australia's original settlers? |
convicts
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Who were the first Europeans to settle in South Africa? |
the Dutch |
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Thousands of miners poured into South Africa after the discovery of what? |
gold and diamonds |
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Who led an army over the Andes Mountains to free Chile and Peru from the Spanish? |
Jose de San Martin |
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Who declared Brazil independent and became its emperor? |
Dom Pedro |
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In general term, Latin American nations experienced the following problems except? |
weakness of the Roman Catholic Church |
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Where did the Battle of Plessey help ensure British dominance? |
India |
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Who was the Britain that led his forces to defeat the Indian ruler of Bengal in 1757? |
Robert Clive |
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Who revolted in the Sepoy Mutiny? |
Indian soldiers employed by the East India Company |
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What drug did China and Great Britain fight over? |
opium |
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the priciple of extraterritoriality dealt with? |
trials with westerners in the courts of their own countrys |
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The boxer rebellion occured because? |
the Chinese wanted to eliminate western influence |
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WHich AMerican opened japans doors to trade wth the united states? |
Matthew Perry |
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which treaty was the first treaty that Japan ever signed with a western nation? |
treaty of Kanaguwa |
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which statement best describes the significance of the mejii period? |
japan resisted western imperialism |
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What is not true about the African slave trade? |
the European slave traders captured the slaves themselves to insure that they had the most physically fit |
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Who founded the famous foreign legion and elite army unit in Western Africa |
France |
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The Anglo-Russian entenity divided which area into 5 parts? |
Persia |
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the most positive result of Imperialism is what? |
missionary outreach |
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The mysterious explosion of what ship precipitated the Spanish-AMerican war? |
USS Maine |
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Which englishman was an early explorer of AUsralia and New Zealand |
captain james Cook |
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Who was the "liberator" who led the struggle for freedom in the Northern part of South America? |
Simon Bolivar |
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What term applies to vicious military leaders in Latin America? |
Cauillos |
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Carrey |
Baptist missionary to India |
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Haylor |
Pioneer missionary to China |
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Slessor |
Missionary to the cannibals of West Africa |
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Stanley |
Explored the Congo for Beligium |
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Livingston |
Missionary explorer who spent his life among the Africans |
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Dutch farmers were called what? |
Boers |
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Spaniards born in Spain who represented the king in Latin American were called what? |
peninsulares |
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Spaniards born in the New World were called what? |
Criollos |
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Those of mixed Indian and Spanish blood were called what? |
mezitos |
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Ambitious military leaders of Latin America who overthrew governments and ruled to their own advantage were called what? |
Cauillos |
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Soldiers from India were called what? |
Sepoys |
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Who purchased the Louisiana territory? |
Jefferson |
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Who stated that Europe could not colonize anymore in North and South America? |
Monroe |
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Who was the United States president who refused European intervention in Latin America for any reason? |
Roosevelt |
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"Empire Builder" who sought a string of land in Africa "from Cape to Cairo" |
Rhodes |
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Who was the King of Belgium who conquered the Congo? |
Leopold II |
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Frontier states in the United States did not enter the Union on an equal basis with the original colonies |
False |
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The United States has historically favored alliances with European powers |
False |
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Latin American countries experience great instability after gaining independence |
True |
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Japans loss to China in the Sino-Japanese war forced Japan to grant more trade concessions to the west |
False |