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Chapter 33 Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ter 33 "Decolonization and the Decline of the European World Order" | |
| MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. | |
| 1) In their struggles for independence, African and Asian nationalists relied mainly on | |
| A) peaceful mass demonstrations, economic boycotts, and constitutional maneuvers. | |
| B) intervention by the United States. | |
| C) intervention by the Soviet Union. | |
| D) violent rebellions against imperial governments. | |
| E) elections granted by the colonial powers. | |
| 2) Where did violence in the process of decolonization most often occur | |
| A) in plantation colonies | |
| B) in Asian colonies with substantial Chinese influence | |
| C) in White Dominions | |
| D) in colonial societies with settler populations | |
| E) in former German colonies. | |
| 3) What made colonial regimes particularly vulnerable to challenges from within | |
| A) the growing industrialization of colonial societies | |
| B) the fact that colonial governments were built in collaboration with indigenous elite groups | |
| C) their dependence on European military forces | |
| D) the dependence of plantation economies on the West | |
| E) lack of strong political and legal traditions | |
| 4) What country's nationalist movement pioneered patterns of decolonization and European retreat | |
| A) Kenya | |
| B) India | |
| C) Vietnam | |
| D) Algeria | |
| E) Egypt | |
| 5) In 1885, regional associations of Western-educated Indians came together to form the | |
| A) Indian Socialist Workers Party. | |
| B) Liberal Party. | |
| C) Revolutionary Nationalist Party. | |
| D) Indian National Congress Party. | |
| E) National Socialist Party. | |
| 6) Which of the following statements concerning the position of the early Congress Party is most accurate | |
| A) It was committed to relieving the poverty of the Indian masses. | |
| B) It demanded the immediate decolonization of India. | |
| C) It was loyal to the British rulers and primarily concerned with interests of the Indian elite. | |
| D) It was closely involved with the development of a strong labor movement within Indian industry. | |
| E) It favored the separation of Indian Hindu and Muslim populations | |
| 7) By the last years of the nineteenth century, the Congress Party was appealing to | |
| A) investors and businessmen. | |
| B) peasants. | |
| C) laborers. | |
| D) untouchables. | |
| E) immigrants. | |
| 8) A large portion of the Government of India's budget went to all of the following EXCEPT | |
| A) high salaries and pensions of British administrators. | |
| B) the purchase of railway equipment and steel from Great Britain. | |
| C) the huge Indian army ,often engaged outside of India. | |
| D) state support for the development of Indian industries. | |
| E) vast military expeditions. | |
| 9) Which of the following was NOT an Indian cash crop | |
| A) cotton | |
| B) wool | |
| C) curry | |
| D) ginger | |
| E) corn | |
| 10) Who was the first Indian leader with a genuine mass following | |
| A) J. Nehru | |
| B) M. K. Gandhi | |
| C) M. A. Jinnah | |
| D) B. G. Tilak | |
| E) R. Tagore | |
| 11) The radical wing of the Congress Party under B. G. Tilak proposed what formula as the basis for the party's political program | |
| A) an appeal to conservative Hinduism, including boycotts of British goods, full independence, use of Hindu festivals as opportunities for rallies, opposition to women's education | |
| B) an appeal to unity among the Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, and Muslims of India | |
| C) a reform program intended to remove cultural limitations on women | |
| D) emphasis on Muslim teachings, particularly the need to put off British cultural influence | |
| E) complete cooperation with the British colonial authorities. | |
| 12) Where was the terrorist movement most concentrated in India before World War I | |
| A) Deccan plateau | |
| B) punjab | |
| C) Bengal | |
| D) Bombay | |
| E) Kashmir | |
| 13) What British reform in 1909 provided educated Indians with expanded opportunities both to elect and to serve on local and all-India legislative councils | |
| A) the Halstead-Coleman reforms | |
| B) the Cornwallis Commission | |
| C) the Bentinck reforms | |
| D) the Morley-Minto reforms | |
| E) the Rowlatt Act | |
| 14) Which of the following statements concerning the leadership of the decolonization movement in India just prior to World War I is most correct | |
| A) Leadership was assumed by more radical members of the Congress Party such as Tilak just before 1914. | |
| B) The Congress Party lost its leadership role to the Socialist Party, which was more willing to court the masses of the Indian peasantry . | |
| C) Tilak's removal and the repression campaigns against terrorists, along with British reforms, strengthened the hands of the Western-educated moderates in Congress. | |
| D) It is difficult, if not impossible, to ident~ leadership in the fragmented Congress Party of 1914. | |
| E) India depended on British colonial reformers for assistance. | |
| 15) Egypt is the one country in the Afro-Asian world in which | |
| A) decolonization occurred in the nineteenth century. | |
| B) decolonization failed to occur until the 19805. | |
| C) European countries failed to establish a colonial base until after World War I. | |
| D) the emergence of nationalism preceded European conquest and domination. | |
| E) was decidedly European in its history and outlook | |
| 16) The British first occupied Egypt following the Orabi revolt in | |
| A) 1805. B) 1867. C) 1882. D) 1914. E) 1902 | |
| 17) British occupation of Egypt meant double colonization, by the British and by | |
| A) the French. | |
| B) the Arabs. | |
| C) the Germans. | |
| D) the Turks. | |
| E) the Russians. | |
| 18) What British political officer dominated government policy in Egypt after 1882 and pushed for economic reforms intended to reduce the Khedival debt | |
| A) Lord Afton | |
| )Lord Cromer | |
| C) Lord Bentinck | |
| D) GeneralGordon | |
| E) Admiral Nelson | |
| 19) Which of the following groups did NOT benefit from the British economic reforms in Egypt | |
| A) the ayan | |
| B) the Egyptian bourgeoisie | |
| C) the peasants | |
| D) the Turco-Egyptian political elite | |
| E) the European bondholders. | |
| 20) What group within Egypt took up the cause of national independence and decolonization | |
| A) the ayan | |
| B) the Turco-Egyptian political elite | |
| C) sons of the effendi | |
| D) the peasants | |
| E) the army | |
| 21) Prior to World War I, what was the primary difference between Egyptian and the Indian nationalist movements | |
| A) In India a single political party dominated the nationalist movement, but in Egypt a variety of rival parties proliferated. | |
| B) The Egyptian nationalist movement was dominated by peasantry, while in India Western- educated lawyers ran the movement. | |
| C) Whereas India had been dominated by the British since the 18th century , Europeans played no role in Egyptian colonialism. | |
| D) Egypt lacked an educated elite capable of assuming leadership of the nationalist movement. | |
| E) Egyptian nationalists tended to side with the British in international conflicts, whereas Indian nationalists did not. | |
| 22) By 1913, the British | |
| A) had granted full independence to Egypt. | |
| B) had eliminated resistance to their regime in Egypt. | |
| C) granted a constitution to Egyptian nationalists. | |
| D) had withdrawn from Egypt. | |
| E) had destroyed the relationship between Egypt and the Islamic world. | |
| 23) What was the Dinshawai incident | |
| A) A party of Egyptian guerillas tore up much of the Egyptian railway system. | |
| B) A group of British officers were imprisoned in a great hole in Khartoum. | |
| C) British officers hunting pigeons accidentally shot the wife of a Muslim prayer leader and were subsequently assaulted. | |
| D) The British tore down an Islamic mosque to construct a cathedral. | |
| E) Egyptian nationalists sank British gunboats in Cairo harbor. | |
| 24) What was the outcome of the Dinshawai incident in Egypt | |
| A) The British withdrew from Egypt prior to World War I. | |
| B) The British were forced to suppress a revolt led by the Mahdi in the Sudan. | |
| C) Mass support, including the emergence of ayan allegiance, for the national cause grew in Egypt. | |
| D) Islamic mullahs began to preach against the nationalist movement. | |
| E) a small invasion force defeated the nationalist uprising | |
| 25) World War I had which of the following effects on India | |
| A) Contrary to long-standing colonial policy, the British encouraged expansion of industrial production in India. | |
| B) Faced with the increasing expense of the war, the British withdrew entirely from India. | |
| C) The massive Indian army was demilitarized in order to permit the British to concentrate on the western front. | |
| D) Because of doubts of Indian loyalty, thousands of additional British troops were sent to the colony. | |
| E) India emerged from the war more firmly in the grip of the British Empire. | |
| 26) Which of the following did NOT occur as a result of European participation in World War I | |
| A) African and Asian soldiers were ordered by European officers to kill other Europeans. | |
| B) European troops in the colonies were withdrawn to meet the need for manpower on the war fronts. | |
| C) African and Asian administrators filled posts vacated by British and French officials recalled to Europe. | |
| D) The British and French made promises regarding post-war decolonization that they adhered to strictly. | |
| E) India won complete independence from the British. | |
| 27) Shortly after the outbreak of World War L Indian nationalist leaders such as Gandhi and Tilak | |
| A) mounted boycotts of British goods to end Indian support for the war. | |
| B) led a revolt in India against British colonial rule. | |
| C) toured India selling war bonds to finance the war effort. | |
| D) forced the British to agree to Indian independence. | |
| E) enlisted in the British army. | |
| 28) What reforms offered in 1919 in India increased the powers of Indian legislators at the all- India level and placed much of the provincial administration of India under local ministries | |
| A) the Marshall-Minto reforms | |
| B) the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms | |
| C) the Cornwallis-Jinnah Agreements | |
| D) the Baxter Commission | |
| E) the Simon Commission | |
| 29) The Rowlatt Act of 1919 | |
| A) decreed Indian independence from Britain. | |
| B) granted Home Rule within the British Commonwealth of Nations. | |
| C) created a government in India similar to that of Canada. | |
| D) placed severe restrictions on key Indian civil rights. | |
| E) divided India into two countries. | |
| 30) Which of the following statements concerning M. K. Gandhi is most accurate | |
| A) He was a Westem-educated lawyer who combined a rather astute understanding of the British colonizers with the attributes of a traditional Hindu holy man. | |
| B) Gandhi was the first of the great liberators who sprang from the ranks of the simple peasants. | |
| C) Gandhi's lack of education and social standing made it difficult for him to break into the traditional leadership of the Congress Party. | |
| D) Gandhi's position in India depended on his role as a mullah among the Indian Muslims. | |
| E) He was the Indian leader most sympathetic to British points of view. | |
| 31) Gandhi's advocacy of boycotts, strikes, non-cooperation, and mass demonstrations was called | |
| A) the mandala. | |
| B) satyagraha. | |
| C) the Kamasutra. | |
| D) the Raj. | |
| E) the lathie | |
| 32) What Gandhi's leadership gave to the Congress Party that it had previously lacked was | |
| A) appeal to the Muslims. | |
| B) a "holy man" image that attracted the masses to the nationalist movement. | |
| C) money. | |
| D) close support among the British administrators. | |
| E) a strong national identity. | |
| 33) What was the cause of the foundation o the Muslim League in 1906 | |
| A) It represented the fears among some Muslims of Hindu domination and religious conservatism | |
| B) Gandhi continually called for the extermination of the Muslim minority | |
| C) The British wished to divide the nationalist movement | |
| D) Because Muslims represented the majority of the Indian population, mullahs believed a separate party was necessary | |
| E) It encouraged Indians to convert to the Muslim faith | |
| 34) In 1931, Gandhi renewed his civil disobedience to the British administration of India with | |
| A) guerrilla assaults on the Simon Commission. | |
| B) the March on Hunger. | |
| C) coal strikes. | |
| D) the Salt March. | |
| E) sit- down strikes. | |
| 35) In the Government of India Act of 1935, the British | |
| A) launched a severe attack on Indian civil rights. | |
| B) ended the a1l-India Congress formed earlier and returned to direct colonial rule. | |
| C) turned the provincial governments over to Indian leaders who were chosen by an expanded electorate. | |
| D) withdrew from India and granted Indian independence. | |
| E) made Gandhi President of India. | |
| 36) Despite their promises of Arab independence, Britain and France created a number of in the Middle East under the auspices of the League of Nations. | |
| A) mandates B) satrapies C) signatories D) provinces E) republics | |
| 37) Zionism refers to | |
| A) the Arabic insistence on decolonization in the Middle East. | |
| B) the Turkish desire to restore the dominance of the Ottoman Empire. | |
| C) European intentions to create new states in the Middle East after World War I. | |
| D) Jewish aspirations to return to an ancient homeland in Palestine. | |
| E) movements designed to guarantee civil rights for Jews in Europe. | |
| 38) One of the founders of the World Zionist Organization in 1897 was the Austrian journalist, | |
| A) Theodor Herzl. | |
| B) Franz Gruber. | |
| C) Itzhak Shamir. | |
| D) Solomon Spellman. | |
| E) Alfred Dreyfus. | |
| 39) What occurred in Egypt in the aftermath of World War I | |
| A) The government of Egypt was one of the mandates established by the League of Nations in the Middle East. | |
| B) When the representatives at Versailles refused to hear an Egyptian group sent to argue for self determination, a rebellion broke out in Egypt. | |
| C) The Treaty of Versailles, according to the principle of self-determination presented by President Wilson, recognized the independence of Egypt. | |
| D) Much of Egypt was incorporated into a Zionist state created in the Middle East after the War according to the Balfour Declaration. | |
| E) Egypt was fully restored to the Ottoman Empire. | |
| 40) After World War I the Egyptian nationalist movement was centralized in the Wafd Party under | |
| A) Gamel Abdul Nasser. | |
| B) Sherif Hussein. | |
| C) Achmad Orabi. | |
| D) Sa'd Zaghlul. | |
| E) T.E. Lawrence | |
| 41) Which of the following statements concerning the nationalist governments of Egypt after the British withdrawal in 1936 is most accurate | |
| A) The nationalist parties quickly established a liberal democracy that proved a model for the creation of progressive administrations in the Middle East. | |
| B) Once the British withdrew, Egypt fell prey immediately to the resurgent Turkish empire centered in Constantinople. | |
| C) The nationalist party governments did little to relieve the misery of the Egyptian peasantry and used the opportunity to rule for personal enrichment. | |
| D) Rapid programs of land redistribution resulted in an equitable sharing of national resources, but failed to alter the essential poverty of the Egyptian masses. | |
| E) Egypt created the first western-style democracy in Africa. | |
| 42) Which of the following statements concerning the early nationalist movements of Africa is most accurate | |
| A) French-speaking west Africans tended to concentrate their efforts at political representation within their colonies. | |
| B) By the mid-1920s, racist views of African society were becoming more strident, and most Europeans refused to countenance the concept of a progressive African culture. | |
| C) Pan-Africanism, linking all Africans in a single national movement for independence, was the most successful apparatus for achieving decolonization. | |
| D) The early leadership of pan-African organizations was more often American and West Indian than African. | |
| E) Most nationalist movements were opposed by strong, well-organized tribal movements. | |
| 43) What document during World War II included a clause that recognized the "right of all people to choose the form of government under which they live | " |
| A) the Marshall Plan | |
| B) the Atlantic Charter | |
| C) the Balfour | |
| D) the Truman Doctrine | |
| E) the Yalta Agreements | |
| 44) How did the Indian Congress Party and nationalist leaders respond to British participation in World War 11 | |
| A) As in World War I, the Congress Party and nationalist leaders such as Gandhi led popular rallies in favor of the British war effort. | |
| B) Nationalist leaders of all parties opposed the war effort. | |
| C) Congress opposed the war effort and its leaders were jailed, but the Muslim League rallied to the British cause. | |
| D) The Muslim League and the Communists opposed the British war effort as a means of establishing independence. | |
| E) Civil disobedience campaigns were cancelled for the duration of the war. | |
| 45) Of all the nationalist parties in India, the British were most closely allied with | |
| A) the Muslim League. | |
| B) Congress. | |
| C) the Quit India movement. | |
| D) the Communists. | |
| E) the Cripps League. | |
| 46) What was the solution to the division in India between Muslims and Hindus in 1947 | |
| A) The British established a single government with a Hindu majority, but with specific offices reserved for Muslims. | |
| B) The government of India was divided between two houses of the Indian parliament--one for Muslims, one for Hindus. | |
| C) The British simply withdrew from India without any political settlement of the problem of religious division. | |
| D) The British decided to divide India into two nations--a Muslim Pakistan and a secular, but Hindu-dominated, India. | |
| E) The British retained control over all India until these differences could be worked out. | |
| 47) Which of the following nations achieved independence without violence | |
| A) Indonesia | |
| B) Philippines | |
| C) Indochina | |
| D) India | |
| E) Taiwan | |
| 48) What radical African leader helped to achieve independence in Ghana | |
| A) Julius Nyerere | |
| B) Jomo Kenyatta | |
| C) Kwame Nkrumah | |
| D) Nelson Mandela | |
| E) Leopold Senghor | |
| 49) By what decade had the European colonization of most of black Africa come to an end | |
| A) 1950s B) 1960s C) 1970s D) 1980s E) 1940s | |
| 50) In what type of African colonies was the process of decolonization most violent | |
| A) those that were least industrialized | |
| B) White Dominions | |
| C) those with large numbers of white settlers | |
| D) "true” colonies | |
| E) those in the interior of Africa. | |
| 51) Failure of the British to deal with the leader of the largest nationalist party, Jomo Kenyatta, led to a violent and prolonged revolution in | |
| A) Nigeria. | |
| B) Ghana. | |
| C) South Africa. | |
| D) Kenya. | |
| E) Tanganyika. | |
| 52) Which of the following statements concerning the Algerian independence movement is most accurate | |
| A) Algeria won its independence from France in a peaceful movement led by white settlers in the colony. | |
| B) Decolonization in Algeria was violent, as white settlers resisted independence through the OAS supported by powerful elements within the French military. | |
| C) Independence in Algeria was achieved as a result of the military victory of the FLN over the French army. | |
| D) Unlike the rest of Africa, Algeria was never decolonized and remained a province of France. | |
| E) Berbers enjoyed the benefits of membership in the French Empire and opposed independence. | |
| 53) In what nation were white settlers able to retain their position of supremacy | |
| A) Kenya | |
| B) Algeria | |
| C) Southern Rhodesia | |
| D) South Africa | |
| E) Nigeria | |
| 54) The Afrikaner National Party in South Africa established a rigid system of racial segregation caned | |
| A) Boer prejudice. | |
| B) voortrekker. | |
| C) apartheid. | |
| D) swartzfrei. | |
| E) Black Codes. | |
| 55) Which of the following statements concerning Zionism following World War II is most accurate | |
| A) Zionists turned to violent attempts to eject the British from Palestine in response to the British attempts to limit immigration to the Middle East. | |
| B) The Zionist movement turned to peaceful demonstrations and boycotts on the model of the Indian nationalist movement and refused to participate in violence. | |
| C) The Zionist movement, frustrated by the failure to achieve an independent nation, weakened after World War II. | |
| D) The Zionist movement was eliminated after World War II by the combined action of the Palestinian Arabs and the British. | |
| E) Zionism was but little affected by events which took place during World War II | |
| 56) Which of the following statements concerning the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 is NOT correct | |
| A) Arab states bordering Israel attacked the new nation, but failed to defeat the Israelis. | |
| B) The United States supported the creation of Israel in 1948, but the Soviet Union opposed its formation. | |
| C) The partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arabic states was carried out in the United Nations. | |
| D) The Arab-Israeli war of 1948 created hundreds of thousands of Arab refugees from Palestine. | |
| E) The United Nations lent a semblance of legality to the establishment of Israel |