Unit 3 Exam

____________ is when one country takes control of another country, occupies it with settlers and exploits it for money or resources.

This meeting changed the map of Africa forever and gave Europeans tons of control on the African continent without the permission of its people.

• The Conference of Versailles

• The Berlin Conference of 1884

• The Berlin Conference of 1782

• The Meeting of European Nations

During the Triangular Trade, the trip from Africa to America was called...

• The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

• The Middle Passage

• The Black Plague

• The Columbian Exchange

How was the Atlantic Slave Trade different from other kinds of enslavement in history?

• It was more violent

• It led to racism

• It was more widespread and global

• It led to great African empires

Some challenges faced by African countries after they won independence from their European colonizers were...

• Diseases they weren't prepared to fight

• Conflict between ethnic groups in the same countries

• Corruption or leaders stealing government money

• Conflict with European colonizers

The great East African kingdom known today as Ethiopia was...

• Ancient Egypt

• Kush

• Aksum

• Ghana

This ancient African civilization was responsible for the world's first writing system and the tallest buildings in the world for nearly 4000 years.

• Kush

• Great Zimbabwe

• Ancient Egypt

• Mali

This African king was the wealthiest man to ever live...

• Mansa Abubakari

• Mansa Musa

• King Tutenkamen

• Hatshepsut

This African kingdom was located in modern day Sudan and was a rival to ancient Egypt

• Kush

• Egypt

• Nubia

• Aksum

Why were Europeans interested in Africa?