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Home Work:  - Vocabulary Activity 20-1

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Imperial nations rule other countries by setting up a protectorate, a sphere of influence, or a
a.
trade partner.
c.
colony.
b.
market economy.
d.
mission church.
 

 2. 

Who first built trading forts along India’s coast?
a.
the British government
c.
French traders
b.
the East India Company
d.
viceroys
 

 3. 

The last populated continent to be colonized was
a.
Africa.
c.
Asia.
b.
Australia.
d.
the Americas.
 

 4. 

When gold and diamonds were discovered by British settlers in Africa
a.
exports by Afrikaners increased.
b.
palm oil and dates lost value.
c.
farming ceased.
d.
war erupted with the Boers.
 

 5. 

The ____ proved that a quick route was needed between U.S. east and west coasts.
a.
sinking of the Maine
c.
rebellion in Cuba
b.
War of 1898
d.
stories of killings and cruelty
 

Matching
 
 
a.
colony
d.
imperialism
b.
protectorate
e.
sepoy
c.
sphere of influence
 

 6. 

A _________ is a region where only one  imperial power has the right to invest or trade.
 

 7. 

___________ is a type of relationship between countries in which one nation directly or indirectly controls the government or the economy of another nations.
 

 8. 

A ________ was an Indian soldier in the East India Company’s army.
 

 9. 

A ________ is a nation or region that an imperial nation rules directly.
 

 10. 

A ________ is a nation or region where the local people have their own government, but the imperial government controls the military and can tell the local rulers what to do.
 



 
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