Multiple Choice Quiz

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1
Which of the following was not an aspect of imperialism in the period following European industrialization?
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2
Which of the following groups were most responsible for the early stages of colonization in Java?
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3
In what way was the intrusion of the British East India Company in India similar to the Dutch entry into Java?
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4
In what year did the British East India Company win the critical battle of Plassey?
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5
The bulk of the territories that the British East India Company ruled directly were administered through the three
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6
Which of the following statements concerning the Indian resistance to British colonialism is most accurate?
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7
The intrusion of Europeans into early colonial society
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8
Nabobs were
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9
Lord Cornwallis
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10
What was the most critical issue for reformers in the 1830s?
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11
What nation dominated overseas trade and imperial advance in the first half of the ninteenth century?
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12
Which of the following nations did not enter the competitive race for colonial empire and industrial supremacy after 1870?
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13
Which of the following statements is most accurate?
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14
1914, the only independent nation in Southeast Asia was
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15
Which of the following definitions most accurately defines the term "White Dominions"?
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16
Which of the following is an example of a "contested settler colony"?
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17
What was one of the greatest changes in relationships between European colonizers and indigenous populations after 1870?
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18
Which of the following statements concerning the internal economies of the European colonies is most accurate?
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19
In what year did the United States annex the Hawaiian islands as a colony?
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Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.

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