Module 17.1 - 17.3 Assessment

What enabled Europeans to overpower Africans who used outdated weapons to resist colonization?

• slingshot

• the headbutt

• Maxim Gun

What enabled Europeans to travel up African rivers?

• steamboat

• steam locomotive

• blimp

What enabled Europeans to protect themselves from malaria?

• the Maxim Gun

• mosquitos

• quinine

What enabled Europeans to keep African nations divided and in conflict with one another?

• partnerships with African tribes

• lack of unity

• Maji Maji

What is the term used when a stronger nation seeks to dominate a weaker nation political, economically, and socially?

• Nationalism
• Alliance Systems
• Imperialism

What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference?

• There was less fighting between African and European powers.
• European Powers divided Africa.
• France and Great Britain agreed to govern their colonies jointly.

In 1880, Europe controlled 10% of land in Africa that was only on the coast because...

• there wasn’t an interest in Africa’s inland resources.
• the technology was not previously available to penetrate inland Africa.
• African warriors had better weapons to fight off Europeans.

Belgium became interested in the Congo after...

• gold and diamonds were discovered.
• Henry Stanley explored the area while searching for David Livingstone and sparked an interest in it.
• Great Britain expressed no interest in colonizing Africa.

After the Berlin Conference, what were the only two African countries to remain independent?

• Chad and Sudan
• Ethiopia and Liberia
• Niger and Morrocco

What was the effect of the European growing of cash crops on the African people?

• The cash crops replaced food crops and many Africans died of starvation.
• Africans were pleased because it meant fewer Europeans on their lands.
• Good relationships were established between the two groups.