Industrialization's Impact (1750-1900)
What was the objective of the British East India Company in establishing educational institutions in India during the nineteenth century?
Providing military education for defensive strategies
Alleviation of poverty through schooling the masses
Training bureaucratic administrative workforce
Spreading Christianity en masse
Which geopolitical strategy did Japan use to expand its empire in the late 19th and early 20th century?
Economic isolation
Diplomatic alliances
Military expansionism
Cultural assimilation
In what way did social Darwinism influence Western imperialist policies at the turn of the century?
It encouraged imperial powers to invest heavily in education systems within their colonies to speed up societal development.
It provided justification for Western domination by suggesting that European races were superior and fittest for survival.
Social Darwinism promoted peaceful coexistence between Europeans and colonized societies through cultural exchange programs.
Social Darwinism led to an international treaty limiting colonial expansion due to concerns over environmental sustainability.
Which late-19th-century invention had remarkable impacts on warfare and colonization efforts during imperialism?
Drones
Nuclear weapons
Machine guns
Computer hacking
What was the result of British control over India's trade and commerce?
Growth of Indian exports to Britain
Decline in British trade
Deindustrialization of India
Rapid industrialization and modernization
The "effective occupation" principle established at the Berlin Conference meant that...
African nations had the right to resist European colonization
Any European power could colonize any part of Africa
European powers needed to establish colonies in Africa to support their economies
European powers could claim control over a territory if they could demonstrate they had "effective control" over it
What was one significant impact on indigenous populations due to Western imperialism during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Increased economic prosperity
Improved health standards
Gain political independence
Loss of cultural autonomy

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During the period of Japanese expansion, what group held significant power based on their military expertise?
Military conscripts
Buddhist monks
Merchant guilds
Samurai
What long-term effect did British colonization have on India's social structure?
It completely dismantled traditional social hierarchies replacing them with egalitarian democratic institutions.
It caused mass migration from rural areas creating urban proletariat classes disconnected from historic castes.
It resulted exclusively in widespread intermarriage between colonists & locals erasing former caste lines.
It reinforced pre-existing caste distinctions by utilizing them within colonial administration frameworks & legal systems.
What factor primarily drove European imperialism's growth in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, echoing the same motivations behind the earlier age of exploration?
Political dominance
Technological advancements
Economic interests
Religious conversion