Lesson Quiz 7-2

Britain bought Egypt's share in the Suez Canal because it would connect Britain with its interests in India.

• True

• False

Inequality and segregation contributed to the rise of African nationalist movements.

• True

• False

David Lovingstone was a missionary and explorer whose journeys sparked renewed interest in Central Africa and provided information that served as the basis for redrawn maps of the continent.

• True

• False

King Leopold

King Leopold II of Belgium refused Henry Stanley's urging to help settle the Congo River Basin in Central Africa, ending decades of competition among imperial powers in the region.

• True

• False

Cecil Rhodes sought to expand British power in West Africa to gain access to valuable mineral resources.

• True

• False

Europeans were interested in West Africa especially for its

• size.

• independence.

• raw materials.

• rivers.

How did the explorations of Livingstone and Stanley lead to Colonization of Central Africa?

• They expelled Boer farmers and indigenous groups from the region.

• They found a navigable river to the African interior

• They resolved territorial disputes among competing ethnic groups.

• They succeeded in locating the source of the Nile River.

What is one important reason that European nations met at the Berlin Conference?

• Otto von Bismarck wanted to end European colonization of Africa.

• Britain and Germany wanted to coordinate their conquest of East Africa.

• European countries wanted to settle conflicting claims in East Africa.

• Indigenous groups in South Africa launched a fierce resistance to colonization.

What happened as a result of the large Boer farming settlements in the Transvaal?

• war with Britain in which Britain won the territory

• Boer takeover of British diamond and gold mines

• Zulus' defeat and removal by the British

• Europeans' loss of all holdings in South Africa

New imperialism in much of Africa led to ______________.

• advancement of peasants at the expense of middle-class intellectuals

• decline of power and status among local ruling elites

• loss of democratic institutions and traditions

• rise of nationalist independence movements