ENG 201 - Nineteenth-century imperialism

Nineteenth-century imperialism had a more beneficial impact in India than it did in Africa in all the following respects EXCEPT

a.	more internal economic development, particularly via greater railroad expansion.
b.	more concessions to nationalist demands for political reform and representation.
c.	greater attack on traditional social hierarchy via the abolition of the caste system.
d.	more promotion of subcontinent unity.

According to the "white man's burden" concept, imperialists owed "natives" all of the following EXCEPT

a.	Christianity.
b.	medical care.
c.	democracy.
d.	primary education.

The Sepoy rebellion involved

a.	Muslim protest against liberal British policies toward women.
b.	reactionary protest by people loyal to the former Mughal emperor.
c.	nationalist protest against British import of cheap laborers called Sepoys.
d.	religious objections by Indian soldiers to new supplies.

Nationalism was a new force in India because it

a.	suggested that all contacts with Britain and the West be cut off.
b.	promised equality to all Indian citizens.
c.	suggested unity of the subcontinent for the first time.
d.	suggested that political loyalties might be as important as religious or caste loyalties.

Imperialism's nineteenth-century political impact on Africa involved

a.	inspiring a growing nationalist literature protesting European rule.
b.	teaching ordinary Africans to defy tribal leaders.
c.	setting up national boundaries different from traditional clan, tribal, and ethnic group boundaries.
d.	limiting elections for government officials to the propertied elite.

Which of the following African groups were LEAST involved in the Western-dominated world economy by the later nineteenth century?

a.	subsistence peasants
b.	urban merchants
c.	miners
d.	cash crop farmers