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Scramble for Africa

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What key term does this definition match:

policy by which one country seeks to rule other areas

a)

Colonialism

b)

colony

c)

nationalism

2.

What key term does this definition match?

all people in a nation are a distinct group

a)

colonialism

b)

nationalism

c)

colony

3.

What key term does the definition match?

country or area under the full or partial political control of another country

a)

colonialism

b)

nationalism

c)

colony

4.

People from what continent came to Africa?

a)

North America

b)

Europe

c)

South America

d)

Australia

5.

Why did the Europeans come to Africa?

a)

get a better education

b)

get better healthcare

c)

meet new people

d)

take their natural resources

6.

TRUE or FALSE: Africa is rich in natural resources

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

What 2 European countries were the MOST powerful at claiming land in Africa?

a)

Britain and Italy

b)

Britain and France

c)

France and Belgium

d)

Spain and Portugal

8.

When the Europeans came to Africa, they treated the Africans fairly.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

What is the Scramble for Africa?

a)

when Asians came to Africa and fought for land and resources

b)

when Europeans came to Africa and divided the land up for their resources

c)

when Africans started to move all around - looking for new land

10.

What is subsistence farming?

a)

farming just enough food to feed your family

b)

farming to sell and make more money

11.

How many countries are in Africa?

a)

11

b)

22

c)

33

d)

44

e)

55

12.

Africans had to pay a hut tax to their European colonizer

a)

Pro

b)

Con

13.

The Europeans improved communication systems.

a)

Pro

b)

Con

14.

African men had to leave their homes and families to work

a)

Pro

b)

Con

15.

The Europeans made a better transportation system

a)

Pro

b)

Con

16.

hospitals and health care were improved

a)

Pro

b)

Con

17.

Africans worked long hours in diamond and copper mines - paid low wages

a)

Pro

b)

Con

18.

African workers did not have a chance to learn new technical skills

a)

Pro

b)

Con

19.

better roads and railroads were built

a)

Pro

b)

Con

20.

The Africans were made to grow cash crops like cocoa

a)

Pro

b)

Con

21.

Europe did not pay Africans for the natural resources it took from them

a)

Pro

b)

Con

22.

Experts were imported from Britain to show Africans how to do things

a)

Pro

b)

Con

23.

The improvements in Africa were paid for in taxes by the Africans

a)

Pro

b)

Con

24.

Many Africans were hungry after colonization

a)

Pro

b)

Con

25.

Some Africans were able to go to school and get an education

a)

Pro

b)

Con

26.

Africans were taught to forget their history and to learn English and English ways

a)

Pro

b)

Con

27.

African people could participate in the government in low-level jobs and get paid low wages

a)

Pro

b)

Con

28.

The police had control by terrorizing the African people

a)

Pro

b)

Con

29.

The Europeans gave jobs to the Africans, which were hard labor and lower pay than the Europeans

a)

Pro

b)

Con

30.

Europeans installed telegraph and telephone lines throughout Africa to improve communication

a)

Pro

b)

Con