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What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?
 
Lay the ground rules for division of Africa among European nations
 
Lay the ground rules for the abolition of slavery in Africa
 
Plan missionary expeditions to African interior
 
Join European forces against the Zulus
How was the Theory of Evolution applied to society through Social Darwinism?
 
Europeans believed they had the duty & right to impose their cultures
 
Non-European nations should be granted self-rule
 
Actions & beliefs of European imperialists should be criticized
 
Actions & motives of Europeans should be analyzed carefully
Why couldn't the Europeans navigate in to African interior and stayed by the coast?
 
All the answers are correct
 
African diseases
 
Strong African armies kept pre-industrialization European armies out
 
Cataracts & fast-flowing rivers
What were the European motives behind colonizing Africa?
 
All the answers are correct
 
Source of raw materials and new markets for their goods
 
Social Darwinism
 
To expand their empires and sustain national pride
The Zulu chief who used disciplined warriors &military organization to create a large centralized state in S. Africa .
 
Shaka
 
Cetshwayo
 
Leopold
 
None of the answers is correct
What is meant by imperialism?
 
When a powerful nation seizes control of a poor nation's resources
 
When workers from a poor nation are employed seasonally by a powerful one
 
When powerful nations meet together to form a union
 
When a powerful nation sends economic aid to a weaker nation
Which African countries remained free of European control?
 
Ethiopia & Liberia
 
Algeria & Chad
 
Uganda & Congo
 
Egypt & Nigeria
The _______ were the first European settlers of South Africa and were known as __________.
 
Dutch, Boers
 
Spanish, Huguenots
 
Belgian, Zulus
 
British, Afrikaners
South Africa was rich in gold & diamond.
 
True
 
False
After Britain won the South African War in 1910, The Boer republics were joined in a ______ controlled by the ________
 
self-governing union, British
 
dominion, French
 
colony, Belgians
 
union, Italians
How did the many linguistic and ethnic groups in Africa contribute to European colonization?
 
African groups were not united, making them easier to control
 
Africans were united and had strong armies that kept Europeans out
 
Due to industrialization
 
Due to famine
Europeans and Americans, had initially, learned about Africa through travel books and newspapers.
 
True
 
False
What did King Leopold claim was his primary motive in establishing a colony in Congo?
 
Abolishing slave trade & promoting Christianity
 
Getting into the mines of gold & silver
 
Getting African workers for factories in Belgium
 
Curing Africans from diseases
What discouraged European explorations into the interior of Africa in the early 1800s?
 
All the answers are correct
 
Powerful African armies & hostile natives
 
Fast-flowing rivers & cataracts
 
African diseases, like Malaria
The seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country is called -----------------
 
imperalialism
 
darwinism
 
marxism
 
protectionism
As late as 1880, Europeans controlled only 10 percent of the continent’s land, mainly on the coast
 
True
 
False
The Boers launched ---------------- and used guerrilla tactics against the British.
 
Commando Raids
 
Air forces
 
Chemical weapons
 
Artillery
In 1884–85, Fourteen European nations met at the Berlin Conference to lay down rules for the division of Africa
 
True
 
False
What did the Chokwe devote themselves to do?
 
Collecting ivory and Beeswax
 
Collecting copper & silver
 
Collecting sugar & cocoa beans
 
Hunting
During Boer wars, The British burned Boer farms, imprisoning women &children in disease-ridden concentration camps
 
True
 
False
The ………lost the Battle of Ulundi and their kingdom to the British
 
Zulus
 
Igbo
 
Hausa-Fulani
 
Urobo
Identify the war fought in South Africa between the Dutch settlers & the British and was the first modern total war.
 
The Boer War
 
The Great War
 
The French and Indian War
 
The Franco-Prussian War
Europeans believed they were better than other people. The belief that one race is superior to another is called ____
 
Racism
 
Utilitarianism
 
Capitalism
 
Marxism
The perfection of the drug quinine in 1829 eventually protected Europeans from becoming infected with the _____ disease.
 
Malaria
 
Tubercolosis
 
Spanish Flu
 
Black Death
Which of the following was an internal factor within African that made it vulnerable to European conquest?
 
Wars between ethnic groups
 
Wars between Britain and France
 
Wars between Britain and USA
 
Diseases
During the Boer War, many black South Africans were captured by the British and placed in _____, where over 14,000 died,
 
Concentration camps
 
Penal colonies
 
Farms
 
Extermination camps
One overwhelming advantage was the Europeans’ technological superiority in weapons such as the ________
 
Maxim Gun
 
Armed cars
 
Dynamite
 
Malaria drug
The Great Trek was undertaken by the ------- to escape the British, but led them into conflict with the Zulu and others
 
Boers
 
Africans
 
French
 
Germans
What is meant by "Racism"?
 
The belief that one race is superior to another
 
The belief that no race is superior to another
 
The belief that no religion is superior to another
 
The belief that no ethnic background is superior to another