Geo - History of Sub-Saharan Africa

From 1500s to the late 1800s about how many Africans were sent to the Americas by European and American slave traders?

• Around 1 million

• Around 1 billion

• Around 12 million

• Around 100 million

• Around billion

Around what time did many Europeans decide that slavery and the slave trade should be stopped?

• 1400s

• 1600s

• 1800s

• 1900s

SELECT the THREE major European country that carved Africa into colonies beginning in the 1880s?

• Britain

• Poland

• France

• Germany

• Spain

How did this carving up of Africa affect the regions and ethnic groups of Africa?

• Ripped apart once-unified regions and threw together ethnic groups that had little in common

• Separated ethnic groups that had long been enemies and united ethnic groups who had long been allies

• Brought order, peace, and prosperity to the regions and ethnic groups of Africa

How were the different European countries able to take over most of Africa?

• The people of Africa believed that war and resistance were wrong so they let themselves be taken over

• Africans hoped to gain new technology from the Europeans so they invited them to come take over

• The European armies had advanced weapons

What were the only TWO regions in Africa that were NOT under the control of European countries by 1914?

• Ghana

• Ethiopia

• Liberia

• Somalia

• Mauritania

What was the chief goal of Europeans in Africa?

• To help develop the regions of Africa into modern industrial countries

• To export Africa’s raw materials to help their own economies

• To improve healthcare for all Africans

• To provide free education to all Africans

How did the rights and economic opportunities of Africans compare with those of Europeans who lived in Africa?

• Europeans had fewer rights and economic opportunities than Europeans who lived in Africa

• Africans had fewer rights and economic opportunities than Europeans who lived in Africa

In what harsh conditions were many Africans forced to work?

• For long hours in factories with dangerous equipment

• In laboratories working with poisonous chemicals

• In mines or on large farms called plantations

• In facilities making explosives where accidents were common

After Africans helped European powers fight in both World Wars in the early 1900s, what did they hope they would get as their reward?

• Independence

• Large amounts of money

• Large amounts of land for the soldiers who actually fought in the wars

• Exemptions from paying taxes for the soldiers who actually fought and their families