CCA WH Unit 8 Quiz Review - Nationalism

What MOST caused the "scramble for Africa?"

• Desire for cultural exchange with African nations.
• Efforts to establish peace treaties with local tribes.
• Religious motivations to spread Christianity.
• Economic interests and competition among European powers.

What resources were rich in the Congo River basin that colonial powers wanted to control?

• Rubber

• Livestock farming
• Cotton fields

• Coffee plantations

What was the main goal the Congress of Vienna had for Europe?

• unite against Napoleon

• prevent further conflict

• give self-rule to nations

• replace monarchies with republics

Which of the following groups would be most likely to try to remove their own monarch from power and create a republic?

• nationalists

• conservatives

• liberals

• socialists

What did Otto von Bismarck use to stir up feelings of German nationalism?

• racism against other ethnic groups in the German states

• anger toward Austria’s influence in the German states

• pride of the former glory of the Holy Roman Empire

• unity against France in the Franco-Prussian War

What change did Italy undergo in the mid-nineteenth century?

• Conservatives overthrew the revolutionary government and returned the Italian royal family to power.

• Separate Italian kingdoms unified into a single Italy.

• The pope became the highest leader of the Italian states, while each state kept self-rule.

• Piedmont, Sardinia, and Sicily broke from Italian rule.

How was Russia different from Western Europe in the mid-nineteenth century?

• Russia was expanding its international trade, while most Western European countries were isolationist.

• Russia had a constitutional monarchy, while most Western European countries had absolute monarchies.

• Russia’s economy was mainly based on feudalism, while Western Europe was more capitalist.

What were two effects of the Opium Wars in China?

• Establishment of a new dynasty and the end of foreign influence; Expansion of the Great Wall for protection.
• Giving up Hong Kong to Britain and opening of ports to Western trade and spheres of influence.

• Increased agricultural production and self-sufficiency; Strengthening of the Qing Dynasty, leading to stability.
• Creation of a national currency and improved trade relations with Japan; Rise of communism in China.

What method did Matthew Perry use to convince Japan to open to trade?

• He agreed to open American ports to Japanese merchants and give special trading privileges to Japan.

• He agreed to proclaim the superiority of the Japanese Emperor over the United States.

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  He threatened to use military force if Japan refused to accept his demands.

• He gave gifts of American weapons to show how Japan could benefit from trade with the United States.

How did the Japanese government change after the Meiji Restoration of the Emperor to the throne?

• It divided Japan into districts and increased the power of the districts' local rulers.

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  It abolished hereditary rule and used elections to choose leaders.

• It placed the shogun as Japan’s ruler, replacing the emperor.

• It wrote a constitution and implemented an assembly.