Africa Partitioning Comprehension Check Quizizz

Why did Europeans first become interested in Africa?

• Exploration

• Religious Reasons

• Colonization

• Trade routes and trading purposes

Why is the end of the 19th century called the “Age of Imperialism”?

• European countries aggressively expanded their empires in Asia and Africa

• European countries conquered the new world

• European countries formed a defensive alliance

• European countries expanded their empires in the Americas

What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

• For Europeans to negotiate trade deals with Africa

• For African tribes to voice their opinion on borders of their countries

• For Europeans to set up the partitioning of Africa in order to avoid a European war

• For African tribes to negotiate terms of surrender to Europe

What was the main goal of European countries when they divided Africa?

• To establish colonies to spread Christianity

• To establish colonies in order to exploit and export Africa’s raw materials

• To establish colonies for a peace keeping force

• To act as a mediator for African tribes

What was the result of the “scramble for Africa”?

• European nations took control of only western Africa

• European nations took control of only northern Africa

• European nations took control of only central and southern Africa

• European nations took control of almost all African territory

Which European country gained the most land in Africa?

• Great Britain

• Germany

• France

• Spain

What did European countries fail to consider when making artificial political boundaries in Africa?

• Geographical boundaries

• Differences in ethnic groups, cultures, and political traditions

• Current political boundaries

• Differences in religious groups

Did European countries care about maintaining African ethnic groups?

• Yes—they drew artificial boundaries to suit the needs of all the African tribes

• Yes—they consulted the dominate tribes of Africa

• No—they relied on existing natural boundaries

• No—they drew artificial boundaries to suit their own needs

What was life like for Africans under European control?

• Africans were put on an assistance program but denied voting rights

• Europeans tried to maintain tribal cultures in order to keep the peace

• Europeans tried to assimilate Africans; forced to grow cash crops which caused food shortages; forced to work under terrible conditions

• Africans were given voting rights and even established governorships

By the mid-twentieth century, what spread through Africa?

• A swarm of locusts

• A desire for independence from European control

• Malaria and Ebola

• Buddhism