Q2/U1 scramble 4 Africa/Southern African History/Apartheid 2024

Why did Europeans want to colonize/imperialize in Africa?

• To control the Silk Road and spread Islam

• To find a water route to North America so they could make travel faster

• To control political, economic, and social aspects such as gaining resource wealth

• To find an area where they could move their capitals and relocate to get away from mainland Europe

Which event most directly influenced the colonization of Africa by European countries

• the Berlin Conference

• the Boxer Rebellion

• the collapse Ottoman Empire

• the Munich Pact

What were motives for the Scramble of Africa?

• religious persecution

• free labor

• raw materials

• new technological innovations

Which of these was a result of colonization?

• development of self sufficient economies

• exploitation of indigenous people

• raid industrialization

• expansion of free trade globally

In what ways are Africans still impacted by colonization?

• African countries have experinced continued economic success

• struggling to be industrialized and technologically advanced

• political instability in many countries

• no more ethnic and cultural civil wars in African countries

Which group protested the policy of apartheid for over 50 years?

• the National Party

• the African Anti Apartheid Movement

• the African National Congress

• the South African Unification PArty

Which of these would be considered a problem to overcome facing South Africa's government post apartheid?

• Continuation of attacks from neighboring Zimbabwe

• Move toward the creation of a theocratic (religion based government) state

• Struggle for power between different groups within South Africa's black majority

• Continued international economic sanctions such as embargoes against South Africa

Choose all that apply; In the Republic of South Africa, the primary goals of the African National Congress (ANC) have been to

• ensure equality and democracy for all South Africans

• rule as the majority political party

• promote homelands for Afrikaner, Asian, Black/Bantu, and Couloured South Africans

• rule as the minority political party

What caused this illustration to be drawn?

• Policies of the government of the Republic of South Africa toward blacks

• Abundance of oil resources in the Republic of South Africa

• Secession of the Republic of South Africa from the United Nations

• Refusal of the Republic of South Africa to trade with other African nations

Global concern for blacks in the Republic of South Africa led many nations to

• economic sanctions being on South Africa by other countries

• Abundance of oil resources in the Republic of South Africa

• Secession of the Republic of South Africa from the United Nations

• Refusal of the Republic of South Africa to trade with other African nations