Final Exam Review Quiz #1

What is Imperialism?

• when one nation is able to control other, usually smaller or weaker, nations

• loyalty and devotion to a nation especially as expressed in a glorifying of one nation above all others

• shared or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

The modern day political boundaries, civil wars, and conflicts found in Africa can often be traced back to which of the following event?

• European partitioning and colonization

• Ancient African trading empires

• European cooperation in the late 1800s

• Asian invasions in the 1800s

Which phrase below best describes the following statement: "European nations took control of almost all African territory"?

• Discovering the New World

• The Age of Exploration

• Scramble for Africa

• Assimilating Africans to European Culture

The Pan-African Movement is an example of

• Religion

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• Ethnic groups

Nelson Mandela fought against an oppressive government system called...

• segregation

• Jim Crow

• Apartheid

Legal system of separation of races.

• Civil Rights
• nationalism
• partitioning 
• Apartheid

South African statesman who fought against apartheid and was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994.

• F.W. de Klerk
• Charles Mason 
• Nelson Mandela
• Barney Fife

The South African president, who in 1990, freed Nelson Mandela from prison after he had served 27 years. 

• F.W. de Klerk
• Nelson Mandela
• Mohandas Gandhi 
• Douglas MacArthur

Which BEST describe the two predominant forms of a democratic government?

• dictatorship & republican

• presidential & dictatorship

• parliamentary & presidential

• presidential & confederate

In this type of government, the elected head of the executive branch acts independently of the legislative and judicial branches.

• Parliamentary Democracy
• Republic
• Presidential Democracy
• Theocracy