African colonization quiz

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.

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.

How were the new boundaries for African countries drawn?

• African tribal chiefs drew them
• They followed geographical features
• They followed the colonial boundaries
• The people voted for them

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

• apartheid
• imperialism
• nationalism
• communism

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially. or economically.

• Militarism

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• Sphere of Influence

After England, what European country colonized the most land in Africa? 

• Belgium
• Germany
• France
• Portugal 

European countries colonized Africa because 

• They heard about Africa's resources from explorers
• They were looking for raw materials and cheap labor
• They wanted new markets to sell products
• All of the Above

European imperialism of Africa, from 1880-World War I, is known as

• Spheres of Influence
• Scramble for Africa
• World War I
• French Revolution

Who was excluded from the Berlin Conference?

• representatives for the US
• representatives of European countries
• representatives of African countries
• representatives of the 3rd Estate

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