Africa - Maps, Climate, Independence

Why did Europeans first take an interest in the African continent?

• They wanted to control African industry.
• They were asked to organize African schools.
• They were involved in the slave trade.
• They were in search of agricultural products.

The belief that acquiring colonies for raw materials will create a stronger country is called ____.

• apartheid
• imperialism
• nationalism
• communism

What happened during the Berlin Conference?

• Europeans decided how to divide up Africa.
• Africans decided how to divide up Africa.
• Africans mapped out routes for the slave trade.
• Germany staked claim to most of Africa.

When did many African groups begin to challenge European colonial rule?

• Before WWI
• Just after WWI
• Just before WWII
• After WWII

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

• They caused the countries to be too small.
• They grouped enemies and split tribes.
• They did not cause any problems.
• They caused the countries to be too large.

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

• end apartheid in South Africa
• unify Africans to work together
• remove F.W. de Klerk from office
• remove all Europeans from Africa

African nationalism served to:

• Unite all African countries as one big country
• Unite Africans against colonial rule

The actions of Jomo Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah, Léopold Senghor, and Julius Nyerere were most closely associated with

• a rise in nationalism in several African

  countries

• the end of apartheid in South Africa

• a resurgence of colonialism in east Africa

• the revival of Islam in northern Africa

"Rhodesia Becomes Zimbabwe"

"Gold Coast Becomes Ghana"

These headlines suggest that African governments sometimes rename their nations to

• avoid military overthrow

• reflect traditional cultures

• reinforce colonial influences

• increase foreign investments

Which best describes colonization?

• country creates separate territories that they rule
• country expands its borders to include more land
• country converts people to the same religion and language
• country chooses a new leader to run government