Problems after Independence

What was the MAIN reason European countries colonized Africa?

• They wanted to spread Christianity.
• They were looking for trade routes.
• The continent would provide large amounts of land.
• They needed the natural resources.

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.

Pride in one's country is known as ____.

• apartheid
• imperialism
• nationalism
• communism

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.

What has been the political situation of Nigeria since independence?

• The government has been influenced by the Europeans.
• The government has been controlled by one party.
• The government has been functioning well.
• The government is unstable.

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

What was apartheid?

• segregation of races in Kenya
• integrated democracy in Kenya 
• segregation of races in South Africa
• integrated democracy in South Africa

A major factor in the development of 20th–century nationalist movements throughout Africa was a common

• language throughout most of Africa

• goal to end European rule in Africa

• ethnic bond among the people of

  sub-Saharan Africa

• religion throughout most of Africa

Which country is most closely associated with the terms pass laws, homelands, and white minority rule?

• El Salvador

• South Africa

• Iran

• Israel

Why are civil wars commonplace in some African countries?

• A  African cultures have evolved over time into naturally warring cultures
• A  There is usually no agreement as to what to do with resources in Africa
• A  Much like the Civil War in the United States, slavery is the major reason
• The boundaries of countries were set without reason by European countries