Colonial Activities

Question 1

Between 1600 and 1765, the British East India Company established _______ at Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras.

a)presidencies

b)companies

c)provinces

d)commonwealths

Question 2

In the French colonies of West Africa, an effort was made to establish a Francophile community, in which people of different colonies embraced French culture. This effort was

a)a total failure.

b)mainly successful in French Indochina.

c)successful in that adoption of French culture muted ethnic differences.

d)partially successful in Algeria and Mali.

Question 3

Who was King Leopold’s “man in Africa”?

a)Joseph Conrad

b)David Livingston

c)Albert Camus

d)Henry Morton Stanley

Question 4

Which statement is true of the Rwanda genocide?

a)Three-quarters of the Hutu people were slaughtered.

b)Approximately 300,000 men, women, and children were killed.

c)Three-quarters of the Tutsi people were slaughtered.

d)The genocide was initiated by the Tutsi.

Question 5

Which statement is false regarding Portuguese and Spanish colonialism?

a)The English word “chocolate” came from the Aztec word chocolatl.

b)Portugal colonized Brazil.

c)The potato was native to Colombia.

d)Silver and gold from New Spain funded colonial activities.