Partitioning Africa Formative 1

What two European countries gained the most land in Africa during the time of Imperialism?

• Spain and Germany

• Great Britain and France

• United States and Great Britain

• China and Japan

In what part of Africa did France maintain the strongest presence?

• South

• West

• Northwest

• Northeast

Which of the following describes what artificial political boundaries caused in Africa?

• economic prosperity

• a push for the continent to unite into one country

• widespread industrialization

• civil wars, conflict, and tension between rival ethnic groups

Which of the following European nations DID not have claim in Africa after 1880?

• Belgium

• Germany

• Italy

• the Netherlands

Partitions of Africa ignored existing ethnic and political boundaries that existed between African nations. What did this lead to?

• a rise of Pan Africanism in New York.

• African independence movements that have led to success stores for MOST nations today.

• Civil and Regional Conflicts in modern Africa.

• World War II

By the year 1999, most countries in Africa still defined their borders by...

• the partitioning of Europeans at the Berlin Conference.

• natural features like lakes and mountains.

• traditional precolonial borders (land of their ancestors)

• property rights that existed before European imperialism.

What is decolonization?

• removing colonization from the losing side of WWII.

• withdrawing from a former colony, leaving it independent

• French word for colonies in NE Africa.

• European powers racing for power in Africa

True of False: The idea of "Christianizing" Africa made many Europeans look favorably on the colonization of the continent.

• True, its one of the reasons Europeans nations gave for colonizing Africa.

• False, most European nations practiced Islam, and would not use Christianity as a reason to colonize.

Which word below best describes the following statement: European nations took control of almost all African territory.

• Discovering the New World

• The Age of Exploration

• Scramble for Africa

• Assimilating Africans to European Culture

What is being describe in the following statements: Africans were forced to work under terrible conditions; Europeans tried to assimilate Africans; African farmers had to grow cash crops leading to food shortages.

• Life for Africans under European Control

• Life for Europeans in Africa

• Life during Imperialistic Times

• Life after Independence.