RTI - Scramble of Africa

What event does the quote most likely refer to?

• The Scramble for Africa

• China' Spheres of Influence

• The Meiji Restoration

• The Enlightenment Era

King Leopold's actions led to

• Many Europeans advocating for African freedom and recognition of their natural rights.

• European nations "scrambling" to acquire African natural resources for themselves.

• fear of war over the rights to African goods by European countries.

• resolutions within the African continent by both European and African leaders.

Which answer best reflects the events which occurred at the Berlin Conference?

• European leaders met to diplomatically partition/divide out African resources based on their national agendas.

• European nations forced African nations to sign unequal treaties forfeiting their rights to natural resoruces and trade.

• African and European administrators met in two mutually acceptable locations to dicuss African needs.

• European advocated the spread of Enlightenment ideas to African Kingdoms.

Based on your knowledge, which group was able to avoid the terrible consequences of imperialism listed in the excerpt?

• Southern Africa due to their lack of rivers.

• Northern Africa due to their vast Saharan desert

• Ethiopia, thanks to the actions of their leaders.

• Kenya, whose Zulu warriors were too great to defeat.

What lasting impact did the Scramble have on the African continent?

• African tribes were able to evolve past their indigenous ways to become more formally acceptable people.

• European nations lost large deposits of natural resources,

• African cultures were destabilized as raw materials were mined by European nations.

• Many African nations industrialized and later became imperial themselves.