African History Vocabulary

Match the word to the definition:

The act or process of establishing a colony or colonies is ________________.

• Townships

• Imperialism

• Colonization

• Ownership

Match the word to the definition:

The practice of having power over a nation/region by gaining authority/control over political and economic activities.

• Apartheid

• Indirect Rule

• Assimilation

• Imperialism

Fill in the blank:

Partitioning is _________.

• to get something signed which represents a strong belief or change that you want to see occur.

• a celebration or party to celebrate something.

• dividing into parts or shares.

• when one country takes over the land of another country without asking.

Match the word to the definition.

Boundaries or borders that are not formed naturally.

• Arctic Borders

• Atlantic Borders

• Man Made Boundaries

• Artificial Boundaries

The __________ ___________ was the trade between the North American colonies, Africa, and parts of Europe.

• Triangular Trade

• Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

• Square Trade

• Shipments

The desire for people of African descent, no matter where they lived in the world, to think of Africa as a homeland as a way to create unity amongst all people of African descent.

• African Congress

• Pan African Movement

• African Revolution

• European Movement

True or False?

Assimilation is the gradual process by which a person or group belonging to one culture adopts the practices of another, thereby becoming a member of that culture

• True

• False

True or False:

Indirect Rule is a system of government used by European colonies to control their empires in Africa and Asia.

• True

• False

What is apartheid?

• A law passed in the 1800s in South Africa that banned slavery

• A policy of racial separation that was used in Kenya in the late 1900s.

• A policy of racial separation used in South Africa from 1948-1990

• A law passed in the 1800s that banned slavery in the North American colonies.

Who colonized most of Africa?

• The 13 colonies in North America.

• Great Britain

• Asian Countries

• European Countries