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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1857, the _______ cost the Mughal emperor authority and exposed the coercive basis of his power.
(a) Indian Revolution.
(b) Indian Mutiny.
(c) Indian Protest.
(d) Indian walk out.

2. The British East India company functioned in India in all of the following ways except _______.
(a) Judges.
(b) Religious leadership.
(c) Legislators.
(d) Tax assessors.

3. Unlike India, Africa did not have an organized form of state rule and thus the Europeans had to use _______ ideology.
(a) Hierarchical.
(b) Matriarchal.
(c) Monarchical.
(d) Patriarchal.

4. The official sanction of the Empress of India was established by the _______ of 1876.
(a) Royal Entitlement Act.
(b) Royal Stewardship Act.
(c) Royal Titles Act.
(d) Royal Names Act.

5. The book states that blacks were taught ______ through monarchical traditions.
(a) Co-creation.
(b) Partialization.
(c) Domination.
(d) Subordination.

Short Answer Questions

1. The formation of occupational roles led to ______ by the Africans and allowed social and political rule by the British.

2. Europeans responded to the changes by ______ some of the practices and leaving others alone.

3. African custom was in a state of _____, meaning that there was a great deal of change.

4. The invention of ______ has made it easy for coronations to be seen all over the world.

5. During the third period, the royal rituals helped to comfort people during times of _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Africa not have to offer as a society, which meant that they had to use a monarchy?

2. How could the whites who colonized parts of Africa be described, according to the book?

3. What was the first stage of the British monarchy that occurred between the 1820s and the 1870s, according to the book.?

4. How might one describe the second stage of the British monarchy, which began when Victoria was made Empress of India?

5. What did the nineteenth century English elites begin to think of the monarchy during that time period?

6. What did the committee, headed by Thomas Thornton, seek to replace in India?

7. What did the British East India Company initially want to do in India?

8. What were some of the functions the British East India Company was performing when they were first in India?

9. Into what two groups was India divided in the middle of the nineteenth century?

10. How was the cultural system spread in Africa, according to the book?

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