10.7 African Independence Movements

Why did Europeans first take an interest in the African continent?

• They wanted to control African industry.
• They were asked to organize African schools.
• They were involved in the slave trade.
• They were in search of agricultural products.

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.

When did many African groups begin to challenge European colonial rule?

• Before WWI
• Just after WWI
• Just before WWII
• After WWII

Which organization was formed to work for equality in the country of South Africa?

• United Nations
• African National Congress
• Pan-African Congress
• African Union

What was wrong with Kenya's government after independence?

• It was controlled by one party.
• It was influenced by the Europeans.
• It was ruled by a king.
• There was nothing wrong with it.

What was apartheid?

• segregation of races in Kenya
• integrated democracy in Kenya 
• segregation of races in South Africa
• integrated democracy in South Africa

To which political party did Nelson Mandela belong?

• African Union
• National Party
• Kenyan African National Union
• African National Congress

The actions of Jomo Kenyatta and Kwame Nkrumah were most closely associated with

• a rise in nationalism in several African

  countries

• the end of apartheid in South Africa

• a resurgence of colonialism in east Africa

• the revival of Islam in northern Africa