World History Chapter 19 Test

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European expansion was renewed int he nineteenth century for all the following reasons except that:

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nations wanted to spread ideas of monarchy and feudalism. D.

Front 2

What purchase doubled the size of the United States?

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the 1803 Louisiana Purchase

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Expansion of foreign trade and investments by American merchants and businessmen did what?

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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?

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Cuba

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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine was a reaction to what?

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European threats to intervene in Latin America

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What allowed Britain independence without widespread revolt?

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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?

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the Quebec Act

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Who were Australia's original settlers?

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convicts

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Who were the first Europeans to settle in South Africa?

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the Dutch

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Thousands of miners poured into South Africa after the discovery of what?

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gold and diamonds

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Who led an army over the Andes Mountains to free Chile and Peru from the Spanish?

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Jose de San Martin

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Who declared Brazil independent and became its emperor?

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Dom Pedro

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In general term, Latin American nations experienced the following problems except?

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weakness of the Roman Catholic Church

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Where did the Battle of Plessey help ensure British dominance?

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India

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Who was the Britain that led his forces to defeat the Indian ruler of Bengal in 1757?

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Robert Clive

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Who revolted in the Sepoy Mutiny?

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Indian soldiers employed by the East India Company

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What drug did China and Great Britain fight over?

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opium

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the priciple of extraterritoriality dealt with?

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trials with westerners in the courts of their own countrys

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The boxer rebellion occured because?

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the Chinese wanted to eliminate western influence

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WHich AMerican opened japans doors to trade wth the united states?

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Matthew Perry

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which treaty was the first treaty that Japan ever signed with a western nation?

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treaty of Kanaguwa

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which statement best describes the significance of the mejii period?

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japan resisted western imperialism

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What is not true about the African slave trade?

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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

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France

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The Anglo-Russian entenity divided which area into 5 parts?

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Persia

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the most positive result of Imperialism is what?

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missionary outreach

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The mysterious explosion of what ship precipitated the Spanish-AMerican war?

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USS Maine

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Which englishman was an early explorer of AUsralia and New Zealand

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captain james Cook

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Who was the "liberator" who led the struggle for freedom in the Northern part of South America?

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Simon Bolivar

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What term applies to vicious military leaders in Latin America?

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Cauillos

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Carrey

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Baptist missionary to India

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Haylor

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Pioneer missionary to China

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Slessor

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Missionary to the cannibals of West Africa

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Stanley

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Explored the Congo for Beligium

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Livingston

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Missionary explorer who spent his life among the Africans

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Dutch farmers were called what?

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Boers

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Spaniards born in Spain who represented the king in Latin American were called what?

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peninsulares

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Spaniards born in the New World were called what?

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Criollos

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Those of mixed Indian and Spanish blood were called what?

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mezitos

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Ambitious military leaders of Latin America who overthrew governments and ruled to their own advantage were called what?

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Cauillos

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Soldiers from India were called what?

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Sepoys

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Who purchased the Louisiana territory?

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Jefferson

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Who stated that Europe could not colonize anymore in North and South America?

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Monroe

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Who was the United States president who refused European intervention in Latin America for any reason?

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Roosevelt

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"Empire Builder" who sought a string of land in Africa "from Cape to Cairo"

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Rhodes

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Who was the King of Belgium who conquered the Congo?

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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

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False

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The United States has historically favored alliances with European powers

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False

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Latin American countries experience great instability after gaining independence

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True

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Japans loss to China in the Sino-Japanese war forced Japan to grant more trade concessions to the west

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False