Unit 5 - History of Africa

Which two European countries colonized the MOST land in Africa during the 1800s?

• Belgium and Great Britain
• France and Germany
• Great Britain and France
• Italy and Great Britain

Looking at a map of South Africa between 1795 and 1910, which country was in control of South Africa?

• Belgium
• France
• England
• Italy

Who was F. W. de Klerk?

• Fought against apartheid and was put into prison.    First black president of South Africa.  
• South African college professor and prime minister of South Africa.  Creator of apartheid. 
• South African president who ended apartheid.  Freed  many blacks who were imprisoned for protesting the apartheid government.  
• South African Rugby Team Captain.  Became a symbol of unity between the blacks and whites of South Africa.  

Who was Nelson Mandela?

• First black president of Somalia
• First black president of Libya
• First black president of South Africa
• First black president of Kenya

Which European country colonized both Nigeria and Kenya?

• United States
• Great Britan
• South Africa
• Turkey

Which of the organizations evolved out of the Pan-Africa movement?

• North Atlantic Treaty
• Commonwealth of Nations
• United Nations
• African Union

The main goal of the Pan-African movement was to ...

• end any support for the African National Congress
• get Africans to think of themselvesas one people and to work together
• immediately overthrow all of the ruling governments in Africa
• get all African nations to become members of the United Nations

Nationalism is...

• strong pride in one's country; a desire for self-government
• moving from place to place for subsistence
• traveling abroad to convert others to their religion
• only found in the United States

During the apartheid era, South Africans were divided into different groups.  The group that had the MOST freedoms and privileges was

• the Bantu (black Africans)
• the colored (people of mixed race)
• white (descendants of Boers and British)
• people of Asian descent

Where did 14 European nations meet to divide Africa?

• Congress of Vienna
• Berlin Conference
• Paris Conference
• Congress of London