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Example Question #8 : Empires, Colonialism, Imperialism, Decolonization, And Globalization 1750 To 1900
What did the Intolerable Acts of 1774 accomplish?
Forced the colonies to buy goods only from Britain
Tax on sugar and molasses
Tax for seal on official documents
Declared Martial Law in the Colonies
Declared Martial Law in the Colonies
The Intolerable Acts were a series of acts of Parliament that were meant to bring the unruly colonies back in line. The colonies were very rapidly pushing back against British rule and ignoring British authority, and therefore the Parliament felt it needed to declare martial law in order to restore order.
Example Question #9 : Empires, Colonialism, Imperialism, Decolonization, And Globalization 1750 To 1900
To what was the so-called Boston Tea Party a response?
The Stamp Act
The Sugar Act
The Intolerable Acts
The Tea Act of 1773
The Tea Act of 1773
The Boston Tea Party was organized as a response to the Tea Act. The Sons of Liberty meant it as a protest against the British attempt to control the economy of the Colonists by banning them from buying goods from nations other than Britain.
Example Question #1031 : Ap World History
What is Imperialism?
A nation claiming colonies
A stronger nation dominating a weaker one
A nation declaring itself an empire
A nation invading another
A stronger nation dominating a weaker one
While commonly associated with a nation taking military action against another, Imperialism can mean an assortment of things a nation does to dominate another without having to take direct military action.
Example Question #1031 : Ap World History
Which of the following is not a way a strong imperial nation can dominate a weaker one?
Culturally
Militarily
Politically
Diplomatically
Economically
Diplomatically
Diplomatically is the correct answer here. Diplomacy would allow the weaker nation some say in the process of what is happening. However, in the rest of these examples the stronger nation can simply force the weaker one to bend to its will.
Example Question #1032 : Ap World History
Which war gave the United States power over the Philippines?
World War I
The War of 1812
The Spanish-American War
The Hundred Years War
The Sino-Japanese Conflict
The Spanish-American War
Though it began as a fight over Spanish control in the Caribbean, the Spanish-American War extended to the Pacific where American forces drove Spain out of the Philippines, effectively destroying the Spanish Empire. Originally intending to aid the Philippine fight for independence, the end result was American control of the island nation.
Example Question #1033 : Ap World History
Which of the following was not an effective of widespread imperialism and modernization in the 19th century?
Discouraging of traditional cultural practices
Improvements in literacy due to the spread of missionaries
Widespread conversion to Christianity
Weakening of regional governments
Preservation of tribal territories
Preservation of tribal territories
With the spread of Western cultural and political influence many traditional territories were broken up by competing European powers. Most notably, the Berlin Conference broke up the African continent into arbitrary territories that ignored the local tribal boundaries and conflicts.
Example Question #1031 : Ap World History
What is it called when a colony is directly administered by the imperialists?
Direct Rule
Colonized
Absolute Rule
Indirect Rule
Direct Rule
When a colonizer directly administers a colony it is called direct rule. This is because the colonial power takes over all systems of government for the colony.
Example Question #315 : Political History
What is it called when a colony is given a degree of internal autonomy?
Indirect Rule
Commonwealth
Ancillary colony
Direct Rule
Indirect Rule
When a colony is under indirect rule it means that the colonizing government has not taken over all aspects of the government of the colony. This means that the colony is free to make certain decisions without consulting the colonizing power.
Example Question #1036 : Ap World History
Which of the following highly sought after natural resources was found in the South Africa Colony in 1867?
Diamonds
Copper
Silver
Platinum
Diamonds
Diamonds have become synonymous with Africa. The continent is rich with them, but they had not been discovered there until the mid-1800's, when a mine in South Africa found a large deposit of diamonds.
Example Question #1035 : Ap World History
Large deposits of what precious metal were found in the South Africa Colony in 1886?
Gold
Palladium
Platinum
Silver
Gold
While there were many gold rushes in American history, there was never a truly large amount of gold in the United States. South Africa, however, is gifted with an abundance of it. This gold, along with the diamonds discovered 20 years earlier, made the British Empire incredibly wealthy, as South Africa was still part of the British Empire then.
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