Africa Test

Africa is the __________ largest continent in the world.

• 1st

• 3rd

• 2nd

• 4th

The world's longest river, ___________ is found in Africa!

• The Mississippi

• The Saluda

• The Beach

• The Nile

Europeans were MOST interested in colonizing Africa in order to

• Bring civilization

• Take natural resources

• Spread Christianity

• Learn new languages

The main reason industrialized nations wanted to imperialize non-industrialized nations was

• to gain raw materials
• to spread Christianity
• To show national pride
• To build factories there

What was the main problem that African nations had in stopping the spread of imperialism?

• Population 
• Economy
• Weapons
• Language

What economic reasons did Europeans go to Africa for? 

• A new place to build houses.
• A new place to educate their children
• For natural resources, cheap labor, and markets.
• Because the weather was nice.

The infamous "Scramble for Africa" referred to:

• A major race that was held across the plains of Africa
• A period when the European powers conquered and divided most of Africa amongst themselves
• A war that Britain launched against the Boers in South Africa
• A period when the European powers rushed to establish friendly relations with nations across Africa

From what continent did the colonizers come from?

• North America

• Asia

• Australia

• Europe

What makes up most of Northern Africa?

• Nile River

• Sahel

• Sahara Desert

• Savannah

Africa has 54 countries.

• False

• True