History of Africa Test*

Why did Europeans take an interest in the African continent? Choose ALL that apply. (Choose 2)

• They were engaged in the slave trade.

• They wanted to control African natural resources.

• They wanted to educate African citizens.

• They wanted to learn about the African culture.

Why did European countries eventually set up colonies in Africa?

• They wanted to bring African laborers to Europe
• They needed the raw materials found on the African continent
• 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 (also known as colonialism)?

• socialism
• imperialism
• communism

Why did many of the boundaries of the new African states created after WWII cause problems?

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

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

• Europeans followed the old colonial boundaries.
• All the boundaries carefully followed the paths of rivers
• Europeans drew straight lines and made countries into squares.

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

• indirect rule

• democracy

What decision did South African President F.W. de Klerk eventually make about the country's apartheid laws?

• He made them more strict
• He helped repeal (get rid of) the laws
• He spread apartheid to neighboring nations

What was Nelson Mandela's attitude toward the people who had been responsible for the old government of South Africa?

• He felt the different races needed to work together in the new government
• He refused to work with any of them
• Many of the leaders were turned over to the U.N. for punishment.

What was the main goal of the Pan-African movement?

• To end support for the African National Congress

• To get Africans to think of themselves as one people and to work together

What is the apartheid system?

• equality for all

• legal segregation of races