Scramble for Africa

In 1652, the _____ founded Cape Colony on the southern tip of what is now South Africa.

• Portuguese

• French

• British

• Dutch

Who was the German Prime Minister?

• Bismarck Du Plessis

• Hitler

• Otto Van Bismarck

• Donald Trump

The discovery of _____ and gold led to the Boer War in 1899.

• oil

• diamonds

• emeralds

• uranium

In 1900 there were only three independent African nations. Two of these were Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) and Morocco. Which was the third?

• Liberia

• Libya

• Union of South Africa

• Egypt

Where are raw materials found?

• At school

• At work

• In the earth

• In space

What caused colonisation?

• Search for money

• Search for raw materials

• Search for power

• Search for freedom

Which nation attempted a conquest of Abyssinia but was badly defeated by the Abyssinians at the Battle of Adowa in 1896?

• Italy

• France

• Germany

• Britain

Who colonised the most countries?

• France

• Britain

• Germany

• Belgium

Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles which ended the First World War, Germany was stripped of it colonies. Which country did not gain control of any of these colonies?

• Britain

• France

• Italy

• Belgium

In 1884 the European powers granted a large tract of land in central Africa directly to a European monarch rather than to a nation-state. Which monarch?

• King Leopold II of Belgium

• Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland

• Emperor William I of Germany

• King Umberto I of Italy