African History Milestone Review

Which group of people did some European powers use to be their enforcers?

• farmers
• soldiers
• policemen
• local chiefs

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

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

Why did the European countries eventually set up colonies in Africa?

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

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

• socialism
• democracy
• imperialism
• communism

Which was part of early European plans for Africa?

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

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

• socialism
• monarchy
• democracy
• indirect rule

What is the definition of assimilation?

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

Why did many of the boundaries of the new African states created after World War II cause problems?

• The boundaries split tribes and kinship groups
• All the boundaries carefully followed the paths of rivers
• All of the new countries were too large to rule effectively
• Europeans drew the boundaries so they could keep all the mineral wealth for themselves

Which was most often used to draw new boundaries for African countries?

• Europeans followed the old colonial boundaries
• Europeans simply drew straight lines on the map and made countries into squares
• They used only geographic features like rivers and mountain ranges for boundaries
• Most boundaries were drawn after looking at where different ethnic groups and tribes lived.

Which European country first colonized South Africa?

• France
• Germany 
• Great Britain
• The Netherlands