Unit 10 - Decolonization & Nationalism (Africa)

Which statement is best supported by the evidence included in these documents?

• Media and propaganda can be used to promote national goals.

• Dictatorships lead to rebellions and nationalist struggles.

• Government-supported agricultural programs are necessary.

• Citizens should have freedom to travel and trade with anybody.

These stamps were used by the government of Ghana as a way to promote

• British imperialism

• environmental issues in Ghana

• involvement in international groups

• national pride in a largely illiterate population

The author interprets Kenyatta’s discussion of the Kenya African Union flag as a call for

• a new monotheistic religious movement

• a peaceful transfer of political power to Africans

• removal of restriction on political speech

• violent resistance against colonial authority

Which event led most directly to the situation described in this document?

• the French Revolution

• the Berlin Conference

• the Treaty of Versailles

• the Truman Doctrine

The ideas expressed in this passage are most similar to the ideas of

• Simón Bolívar

• Winston Churchill

• Deng Xiaoping

• Mary Wollstonecraft

Based on this passage, which statement best supports Kwame Nkrumah’s point of view?

• Nations in Africa must be careful to avoid being conquered by Latin America

• Now that nations in Africa have gained independence, their struggle is over.

• African nations must unite to protect themselves from neocolonialists.

Which circumstance most likely influenced this 1961 speech by Kwame Nkrumah?

• rapid industrialization of Africa

• the establishment of Islamic republics in Africa

• Africans’ growing support for European colonial expansion

• European political and economic control of the African continent

Which historical event was a significant factor in bringing about the conditions shown on Map A?

• the Great Leap Forward

• the Berlin Conference

• establishment of the League of Nations

• formation of the World Trade Organization

What best explains the differences in national boundaries shown on the two maps?

• new patterns of urbanization

• opposition to modernization

• the spread of nationalist movements

• the end of the Cold War

Based on these documents, which method is being used by Mandela and de Klerk to address the conflict in South Africa?

• outside military intervention

• political compromise

• a violent revolution

• international economic sanctions