Africa Exam Review

A policy of complete separation of the races, instituted by the white minority government of South Africa in 1948.

• Apartheid
• Pandemic
• Colonialism
• Imperialism

An infectious disease marked by the chills and fevers that is often fatal & transmitted by mosquitoes.

• Malaria
• AID/HIV
• Ebola

A disease affecting a large population over a wide geographic area.

• Pandemic
• HIV/AIDs
• Zika

The movement of a particular people southward throughout Africa, which spread    their language and culture, from around 500 B.C. to around 1000 A.D.

• Bantu Migrations
• Middle Passage
• Colonialism

The creation of boundaries for economic advancement, allowing European empires to benefit from Africa’s rich resources and labor.

• Colonialism
• Imperialism

European expansion through political and military interference, and colonization   abroad.

• Imperialism
• Colonialism

Which of these best states the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

• Stop civil war in Africa  
• Divide Africa among ethnic groups
• Divide Africa among European nations

What colonial power held colonial control over one large region in central Africa including the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda?

• Belgium
• France
• Portugal
• Germany

This colonial power built up the nation of South Africa:

• Great Britain
• Germany
• France
• Belgium

Many African nations today include widely different ethnic, language, and territorial   groups because?

• A.  Most national boundaries had been arbitrarily drawn by colonial powers
• A.  Most African cultures traditionally embrace multiculturalism 
• A.  Leaders want to keep their nations ethnically diverse
• A.  Communist reforms have engineered vast resettlement programs