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1. Britain overcame its negative trade balance with China in the 1800s
by importing
(A) cotton
(B) opium
(C) porcelain
(D) silver
(E) tea
2. The Opium Wars exemplify which of the following effects
of the Industrial Revolution?
(A) Republican governments took every opportunity to spread
democracy.
(B) Large nations were invariably able to overpower and colonize
smaller ones.
(C) Modern weapons enabled industrial nations to subjugate
traditional civilizations.
(D) Social revolutions began to depose absolute monarchs.
(E) Nations began to rely on diplomatic negotiations rather
than immediately resorting to force of arms.
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3. In 1883, which nation took over a group of Southeast Asian states
that it referred to collectively as Indochina?
(A) Britain
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) the Netherlands
(E) Portugal
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4. What was Britain’s primary reason for invading Egypt and imposing
protectorate status on it in the late 19th century?
(A) to ensure itself an ally among the Arab nations
(B) to monitor and control Egypt’s relations with other African colonies
(C) to achieve financial control over the Suez Canal
(D) to establish and enforce a trade monopoly on Egyptian cotton
(E) to develop Egypt into a modern parliamentary republic
5. In the 19th century, European nations entered into an age of colonial
expansion for all these reasons EXCEPT
(A) to reap economic profits from favorable trade agreements
(B) to keep pace with the expansion of other European empires
(C) to gain new converts for their churches and new soldiers for their
armies
(D) to impose European cultures on populations the Europeans regarded
as uncivilized
(E) to explore and investigate the unknown
6. Which Southeast Asian nation remained independent throughout the era
of 19th-century European colonization in the Pacific?
(A) Burma
(B) Java
(C) Siam
(D) Singapore
(E) Vietnam
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