Scramble for Africa

In which European city was a conference held in 1884 that essentially set out the new rules of acquisition in Africa?

• London

• Berlin

• Paris

• Lisbon

Prior to 1880 just over 25% of the land area of Africa was already occupied by European powers.

• True

• False

In 1900 there were only three independent African nations. Two of these were Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) and Morocco. Which was the third?

• Liberia

• Libya

• Union of South Africa

• Egypt

In 1884 the European powers granted a large tract of land in central Africa directly to a European monarch rather than to a nation-state. Which monarch?

• King Leopold II of Belgium

• Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland

• Emperor William I of Germany

• King Umberto I of Italy

Which nation attempted a conquest of Abyssinia but was badly defeated by the Abyssinians at the Battle of Adowa in 1896?

• Italy

• France

• Germany

• Britain

The Fashoda Incident in 1898 almost led to war betweeen which two powers?

• France and Italy

• France and Germany

• Britain and France

• Germany and Britain

Spain was a minor colonial power in Africa. What name did Spanish Guinea take on independence in 1968?

• Benin

• Guinea

• Equatorial Guinea

• Guinea-Bissau

Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles which ended the First World War, Germany was stripped of it colonies. Which country did not gain control of any of these colonies?

• Britain

• France

• Italy

• Belgium

Which country was the colonial power in Madagascar?

• Germany

• Britain

• France

• Portugal

What was not a major motivating factor for the European powers in their Scramble for Africa?

• To gain economic advantage

• To gain prestige

• To gain strategic advantage

• To bring Christianity and civilisation to Africa