Empires Expand Practice Test

In the late nineteenth century, the British expanded influence in Egypt, occupying it in 1882 while maintaining the formal authority of the Ottoman sultan and the Egyptian khedive. Britain’s primary concern was securing the Suez Canal route to India and protecting investments. This arrangement exemplifies a form of imperial control short of direct annexation. Which term best describes Britain’s relationship to Egypt after 1882?

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Japan expanded abroad, defeating China in 1894–1895 and Russia in 1904–1905, then annexing Korea in 1910. Japanese leaders sought resources, markets, and security, and used modern conscript armies and industrial capacity to project power. This expansion reflected broader patterns of imperialism in the industrial age. Which motivation most closely aligns with Japan’s imperial expansion in East Asia during this period?