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WorksheetsEuropean Imperialism in Africa
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What country is located at #22?
a)
Kenya
b)
Nigeria
c)
South Africa
d)
Sudan
2.
What country is located at #32?
a)
Liberia
b)
South Sudan
c)
South Africa
d)
Nigeria
3.
What country is located at #18?
a)
Republic of South Africa
b)
Republic of West Africa
c)
Democratic Republic of Congo
d)
Democratic Republic of Africa
4.
What country is located at #12?
a)
Liberia
b)
Ethiopia
c)
Kenya
d)
Nigeria
5.
What country is located at #42?
a)
South Sudan
b)
South Africa
c)
East Africa
d)
East Sudan
6.
Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. In what century did this take place?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
7.
Why did European traders begin purchasing slaves in the 1600s?
a)
cheap labor for the colonies
b)
cheap labor for European factories
c)
to educate slaved Africans
d)
to free slaved Africans
8.
Why did Europeans keep coming to Africa after the end of the slave trade?
a)
to modernize the region
b)
raw materials
c)
to convert Africans to Christianity
d)
to educate the natives
9.
What was one of the negative impacts of the slave trade on West Africa?
a)
Families were broken up and the strongest workers were kidnapped.
b)
The Africans became wealthy selling raw materials to the traders.
c)
There was no lasting negative impact.
d)
The area was modernized.
10.
What is imperialism?
a)
A system of establishing a colony on each continent.
b)
A system where a weak country asks to join with a stronger country for economic reasons.
c)
A system of banks set up in various colonies.
d)
A system of acquiring colonies to provide raw materials for a stronger country.
11.
Why did the Berlin Conference take place?
a)
To develop a plan to help establish independent African nations.
b)
To develop an economic system to modernize Africa.
c)
To develop rules for European countries to divide up the area of Africa.
d)
To develop a plan to make reparitions to African countries for the slave trade.
12.
Which countries colonized the greatest area of Africa?
a)
Finland and Sweden
b)
Great Britain and Spain
c)
France and Great Britain
d)
France and Spain
13.
Liberia, an African nation thatwas created by former American slaves, was never colonized by Europeans. What other country in Africa never was?
a)
Ethiopia
b)
Nigeria
c)
Kenya
d)
Liberia
14.
What happens when artificial political boundaries are created?
a)
Relationships among different ethbic groups improve
b)
Stable governments form
c)
Cooperation between colonies and home countries become stronger
d)
Conflict happens more frequently
15.
Who is your favorite Social Studies teacher?
a)
Ms. Roerig
b)
Ms. Roerig
c)
Ms. Roerig
d)
Ms. Roerig
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