Africa History Quiz

Why did Europeans first take an interest in the African continent?

• a. They were engaged in the slave trade.
• b. They wanted to control African industry.
• c. They wanted African agricultural products.
• d. They were invited to help organize African educational systems.

Why did European countries eventually set up colonies in Africa?

• a. They wanted to bring African laborers to Europe.
• b. They needed the raw material found on the African continent.
• c. Africans invited them in to help develop their natural resources.
• d. They wanted to help African nations settle ethnic and tribal disputes.

Which is a sysyem of acquiring colonies to provide raw materials for a stronger country?

• a. socialism
• b. democracy
• c. imperialism
• d. communism

Which was a part of early European plans for Africa?

• a. setting up democracies
• b. bringing Islam to the African people
• c. acquiring animals for European zoos
• d. protecting trade and transportation routes

Using african people to help European officials administer a colony was known as what form of government?

• a. socialism
• b. monarchy
• c. democracy
• d. indirect rule

What is the definition of "assimilation"?

• a. refusing to give up one's language for another one
• b. demanding the return of a king as a national leader
• c. refusing to change religions even though you are ordered to do so
• d. giving up one's own customs and adopting those of another culture

When did many African groups begin to challenge European colonial rule?

• a. in the 1800s
• b. after World War II
• c. before World War I
• d. during the US Civil War

What valuable natural resources were discovered in South Africa after the british took control of that country?

• a. coal and iron
• b. salt and silver
• c. oil and natural gas 
• d. gold and diamonds

Which organization was formed to work for equality in the country of South Africa?

• a. African Union
• b. Pan African Congress
• c. African National Congress
• d. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

What is the apartheid system?

• a. equality for all
• b. segregation of races
• c. constitutional monarchy
• d. western-style democracy