Colonization of Africa

Colonization of Africa

Teacher Instructions

Multiple Select

Trade routes through Africa were important to the Europeans because

• they could avoid paying taxes.

• it would be a shorter route.

• they had already befriended the people of Africa.

Multiple Select

Who and what did the Atlantic Slave Trade affect?

• animals

• People taken into slavery

• World economies

• World histories

Open Ended

Explain imperialism and colonialism. How are they connected.

Open Ended

Explain what information the map is trying to portray.

Multiple Choice

Since many European countries had a strong sense of nationalism, more of them avoided colonizing Africa.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What does it mean that the Europeans wanted to "Christianize" Africans?

• The African people needed to become European.

• The African people needed to know who Christ was.

• The African people needed to change religious beliefs and follow Christian ones.

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of this map?

• To show how Africa was divided among the European countries.

• To show the different colors of the European countries.

• To show how colonization of Africa took place.

Multiple Select

Which of these does the map have?

• Date

• Orientation

• Legend

• Scale

• Title

Poll

What is the meaning of the picture?

• England is an octopus.

• England Colonized a lot of Africa

• England got to Africa by sea.

Multiple Choice

What does "assimilate" mean?

• To make sure you don't forget your cultural roots

• To make a new culture

• To combine the two cultures into one

• To leave behind your cultural practices for a new one

Open Ended

Which of these lasting effects do you think is the worst and why?

Multiple Choice

In what year, did Africans openly start to oppose colonialism and why?

• 1850 because they were treated unfairly.

• 1750 because they were treated unfairly.

• 1950 because they were treated unfairly.