Search Header Logo

Scramble for Africa

Authored by KEVIN LITTEN

History

9th - 12th Grade

Used 4+ times

Scramble for Africa
AI

AI Actions

Add similar questions

Adjust reading levels

Convert to real-world scenario

Translate activity

More...

    Content View

    Student View

11 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Scramble for Africa was a period of rapid colonization of the African continent by European powers. It lasted from ____________________

1880 to 1900

2000-2012

1776-1783

1860-1865

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the early 1800s the African Association, headed by wealthy Englishmen wanted to find the city of ___________________

Detroit

Lagos

Beijing

Timbuktu

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Later in the 1800s, the goal of exploration switched from curiosity to finding ways to make _____________________

peace

new discoveries

money

tobacco

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Henry Morgan Stanley worked with King Leopold II of _________________ to force African chieftains to give up their lands

Belgium

France

United States

Japan

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or false - Africans were paid fair wages for their work on plantations set up by imperialists

true

false

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Steam engines allowed explorers to travel ______________ in rivers in Africa

upstream

downstream

underwater

East

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What medicine was used to treat yellow fever and malaria (transmitted by mosquitoes!)

Quinine

Amoxicillin

aspirin

Vitamin C

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

Already have an account?