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European Colonization of Africa 25-26

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name

Class

Date

Who controlled South Africa after the Berlin Conference?

Italy

Spain

Portugal

Great Britain

Which of the following could be considered a negative effect of colonization in Africa?

Tribal leaders gained money by selling their land to Europeans.

European diseases killed off thousands of Africans.

People in Europe decide to leave Africa alone

The boundaries drawn by Europeans led to tribalism, or conflict among Africans.

As a result of European countries rushing to take African land ...

The competition among European leaders to take Africa for themselves.

European leaders decided to meet during the Berlin Conference to decide how to carve up Africa, to avoid going to war with each other.

Thousands of immigrants flocked to the Americas.

Ghana was able to successfully avoid being colonized by the British.

Colonization is defined as...

Control by one country over another area/land and its people.

The formation of compact population groups of the same type of microorganism.

The POLICY of extending the rule or authority of a nation over foreign countries.

A group of advocates who meet to discuss taking over the government.

Imperialism is the control of weaker nations by stronger nations.

True

False

Creating boundaries or new territories in Africa created peace.

True

False

Which two countries got the most land when Africa Was split between European Powers

Portugal & Spain

France & Great Britain

Great Britain & Germany

Australia & France

Which of the following was NOT a reason for European Colonization?

Fur trade

Imperialism

protecting shipping routes

Economic reasons

Which of the following is the term used to describe crops that are sold for money?

Subsistence farming

Plantation production

Cash crop

Diversity

10.

Which was a part of early reasons Europeans were interested in Africa?

Establishing trade routes

Spreading Islam

Setting up democracies

Preventing deforestation

11.

The belief that acquiring colonies for raw materials will create a stronger country is called ____.

apartheid

imperialism

nationalism

communism

12.

What is assimilation?

Refusing to give up one's language for another

Refusing to give up one's religion for another

Giving up one's customs for someone else's

Demanding the return of a nation's king

13.

Pride in one's country is known as ____.

apartheid

imperialism

nationalism

communism

14.

When did many African groups begin to challenge European colonial rule?

Before WWI

Just after WWI

Just before WWII

After WWII

15.

The end of the 19th century was known as the ....

Age of Aquarius

Age of Imperialism

Age of Electronics

Age of Africa

16.

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.

Age of Imperialism

Industrial Revolution

Revolutionary War

Age of Improvements

17.

Europeans who began slave trade3 in 16th century

Italy

Spain

Portuguese

Britain

18.

The short period of time in which Europe took over Africa is called ?

The Race for Africa

The Mad Dash for Africa

The Scramble for Africa

The Fight for Africa

19.

What school are you in?

Lee

Madras

Bass

Arnall

20.

We have no school next week

True

False

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European Colonization of Africa 25-26

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 36mins

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