The Ivory Trade, The Lunatic Line, and The Cleaving of Africa

Why did Europeans want to colonize Africa?

• They wanted resources to run factories.

• They wanted markets for their goods.

• They wanted to build empires.

• All the above

Why was it difficult for the Africans to resist being conquered by the Europeans?

• European weapons were better.

• Africans did not have resistance against European diseases like smallpox.

• Africans didn't always unite against a common threat.

• All the above

What two African countries were never colonized?

• Ethiopia and Liberia

• Ethiopia and Kenya

• Kenya and Liberia

• Kenya and Tanzania

According to the map, what country controlled Kenya and Uganda so that it could build the Lunatic Line?

• The French

• The Portuguese

• The Germans

• The British

According to the film, who controlled the ivory trade?

• The Arabs

• The British

• The French

• The Portuguese

What happened to the slaves involved in the ivory trade?

• They weren't slaves. They were laborers.

• They were sold.

• They were freed.

• They revolted.

Ivory was used to make the following...

• piano keys

• billiard balls

• knife handles

• All the above

The British faced all these problems building the Lunatic Line, except...

• Indian laborers died.

• The terrain was so challenging.

• Financing the project was difficult.

• All the above.

In the Maasai language, what does Nairobi mean?

• Place of rough waters

• Place of placid waters

• Place of cool waters

• The place where the rivers meet

What is the name of the new sea that will be created once Africa splits in two?

• The Rift Valley Sea

• The Afar Sea

• The Nairobi Sea

• Ethikopian Sea