Imperialism Quiz

Who was North Africa ruled by, by the early 1800's?

• the Ottoman Empire

• France

• Britain

• Belgium

Who were the first Europeans to come to East Africa in the 1500's?

• the British

• the Dutch

• the Portuguese

• the French

Who were the Boers?

• British miners

• Dutch farmers

• African warriors

• Portuguese industrialists

Who was the British industrialist responsible for expanding Africa for the British?

• Cecil Rhodes

• David Livingstone

• Henry Stanley

• Rudyard Kipling

Who was the Christian missionary who is credited with opening up Africa?

• Cecil Rhodes

• David Livingstone

• Henry Stanley

• Rudyard Kipling

Which country did Henry Stanley help establish a colony in Africa for?

• Britain

• France

• Netherlands

• Belgium

• Portugal

What was the significance of the Berlin Conference?

• deciding how best to split Africa without disrupting the lives of Africans

• devise an orderly way of splitting Africa and avoiding war

• the Europeans signed a treaty that would maintain peace for over 100 years

• settle territorial disputes between the British and the Dutch

The mass migration of Dutch colonists in South Africa that would eventually establish independent states was known as

• the Great Migration

• the Great Trek

• the Great Exodus

• the Difficult Journey

Conflict between the Dutch states and the British in South Africa would trigger

• the Seven Years War

• the First World War

• the Boer War

• the Dutch and British Wars

The Suez Canal was built through which African country

• Algeria

• Libya

• Egypt

• Congo

• South Africa