Sub-Saharan Africa Review

Europeans initially could not get to the interior of Africa because:

• They were getting sick from African diseases.

• They were getting sunburned.

• The rivers were hard to navigate.

• They couldn't get close to the equator.

What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

• African leaders met to discuss ways to get Europeans out of Africa.

• African and European leaders met to decide how to divide Africa's resources.

• European leaders met to decide how Africa should be divided among them.

• European leaders met to discuss fair wages for Africans.

True or False:

African leaders were invited to the Berlin Conference.

• True

• False

How did the Europeans treat the indigenous Africans when the colonized Africa?

• With care. They gave them treats, gifts, homes, and money.

• Killed them all. They brought angry people who burnt houses, abducted and killed Africans, and sent them to concentration camps. (similar to the holocaust)

• Did not treat them very well. They brought disease which killed some. Did not treat them as people.

• There where no people when they colonized Africa

Which of the following is NOT a reason European countries began to colonize Africa?

• They wanted the natural resources found in Africa

• They wanted to spread Christianity

• They wanted to expand their empires

• They wanted to build more castles

What is the definition of Apartheid ?

• The deliberate extermination of a national ,racial or cultural group.
• Discrimination of a religion.
• A system that separates people according to race or colors.
• Unanimous dislike of a social class.

During the Apartheid ,the Whites in South Africa were a minority group ?

• True
• False

Who was Nelson Mandela ?

• South Africa's first black president.
• South Africa's president during the Apartheid.
• South Africa's minister in 1961.
• A famous lawyer .

True or False: There is enough food in the world for everyone.

• True

• False

Even with the end of apartheid, what was a major problem that remained?

• laws that treated whites better than blacks
• income inequality between blacks and whites
• an unfair tax system
• blacks being forced to live in homelands