Africa History Quiz

What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

• To Unite Europe in war against Africa

• To celebrate the discovery of new land in Africa

• to welcome African nations to Europe to decide new country's boundaries

• To set up the partitioning of Africa (by Europeans) in order to avoid a European war

Which European country gained the most land in Africa?

• Spain

• Germany

• Portugal

• Great Britain

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

• Just how large the continent was

• Differences in ethnic groups, cultures, and political traditions

• How much money they could lose

• Where the Sahara Desert was

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

• New Technologies that fueled African economies

• Smallpox

• A desire for independence from European control

• A massive migration of Europeans

Because of the spread of imperialism, what continent did others want?

• Europe

• Antartica

• Africa

• North America

The fight over land in Africa is called..

• Africa fight

• Land of Africa

• Africa a scramble

• Scramble for Africa

Which leaders were not invited to the conference?

• Arican leaders

• European leaders

Which two countries had the GREATEST number

of colonies in Africa in the late 1800s?

• China and Japan

• Spain and Portugal

• Great Britain and France

• Great Britain and the United States

According to the slave ship doctor and the former slave Equiano, what happened to slaves who refused to eat?

• They were mercilessly punished (burned or beaten)

• They were thrown overboard

• They were given twice as much to eat the next day

As we learn from Equiano, what would some slaves do to escape the misery of being in the unlivable conditions on the slave ship?

• Jump overboard into the ocean/suicide

• Attack the shipmates

• Refuse to sleep