Colonization of Africa

Which was a part of early European plans for Africa?

• Establishing trade routes
• Spreading Islam
• Setting up democracies
• Preventing deforestation

What was the MAIN reason European countries colonized Africa?

• They wanted to spread Christianity.
• They were looking for trade routes.
• The continent would provide large amounts of land.
• They needed the natural resources.

The belief that acquiring colonies for raw materials will create a stronger country is called ____.

• apartheid
• imperialism
• nationalism
• communism

What happened during the Berlin Conference?

• Europeans decided how to divide up Africa.
• Africans decided how to divide up Africa.
• Africans mapped out routes for the slave trade.
• Germany staked claim to most of Africa.

After England, what European country colonized the most land in Africa? 

• Belgium
• Germany
• France
• Portugal 

Who was excluded from the Berlin Conference?

• representatives for the US
• representatives of European countries
• representatives of African countries
• representatives of the 3rd Estate

Which word means the practice of one country directly ruling and developing trade in a foreign country for its own benefit?

• Colonialism

• Imperialism

• Impeachment

• Communism

What were the only two African countries that were not colonized?

• Sudan and Ethiopia

• Egypt and Liberia

• Ethiopia and Liberia

• Malawi and Tanzania

Which of the following did not happen during the colonization of Africa?

• Rivalries increased among African ethnic groups.

• European settlers took the best land.

• Resources were exploited.

• Ordinary Africans prospered and grew wealthy.

European countries gained power by encouraging rivalries among different ethnic groups.

• True

• False