A. To gain prestige
B. To gain economic advantage
C. To bring civilization and Christianity to Africa
D. To gain strategic advantage
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Modern World History MCQs
In 1900 there were only three independent African nations. Two of these were Abyssinia and Morocco. Which was the third?
A. Liberia
B. Libya
C. Union of South Africa
D. Egypt
✅ The correct answer is option A.
One of the richest opium-growing areas in the world located in
A. Eastern China
B. Sumatra
C. Japan
D. North East India
✅ The correct answer is option D.
After the French made Algeria a department:
A. all French settlers were given full rights to citizenship
B. the suffrage was given to all male residents
C. and settlers began to civilize indigenous peoples
D. none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
In 1905, the Russian navy was defeated by:
A. Germany
B. France
C. Japan
D. Britain
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The building of the Suez Canal resulted from the economic and political involvement in Egypt of:
A. France and Italy
B. Russia and France
C. Britain and France
D. Britain
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The Boxer Rebellion in 1900 was ferociously repressed by the forces of:
A. the United States
B. Britain, France and Italy
C. Japan, Russia and Germany
D. All of the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Why did the Europeans control such a small portion in Africa in the 1800s?
A. Africa had no natural resources that the Europeans needed
B. Europeans did not need new markets
C. Europeans were focused on building empires through acquisition of other European territories
D. Africa had powerful armies, rivers were hard to navigate, and Europe
✅ The correct answer is option C.
In general late nineteenth-century imperialism:
A. involved complete independent entrepreneurial activity by merchant and traders
B. was built entirely on trade in opium
C. gave rise new patterns of settlement and social discipline
D. was very little different from the imperialism of the past
✅ The correct answer is option C.
During the Boer War the British first insinuated:
A. firing squads
B. concentration camps
C. barbed wire
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option B.