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WorksheetsPartitioning Africa Formative 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What two European countries gained the most land in Africa during the time of Imperialism?
Spain and Germany
Great Britain and France
United States and Great Britain
China and Japan
In what part of Africa did France maintain the strongest presence?
South
West
Northwest
Northeast
Which of the following describes what artificial political boundaries caused in Africa?
economic prosperity
a push for the continent to unite into one country
widespread industrialization
civil wars, conflict, and tension between rival ethnic groups
Which of the following European nations DID not have claim in Africa after 1880?
Belgium
Germany
Italy
the Netherlands
Partitions of Africa ignored existing ethnic and political boundaries that existed between African nations. What did this lead to?
a rise of Pan Africanism in New York.
African independence movements that have led to success stores for MOST nations today.
Civil and Regional Conflicts in modern Africa.
World War II
By the year 1999, most countries in Africa still defined their borders by...
the partitioning of Europeans at the Berlin Conference.
natural features like lakes and mountains.
traditional precolonial borders (land of their ancestors)
property rights that existed before European imperialism.
What is decolonization?
removing colonization from the losing side of WWII.
withdrawing from a former colony, leaving it independent
French word for colonies in NE Africa.
European powers racing for power in Africa
True of False: The idea of "Christianizing" Africa made many Europeans look favorably on the colonization of the continent.
True, its one of the reasons Europeans nations gave for colonizing Africa.
False, most European nations practiced Islam, and would not use Christianity as a reason to colonize.
Which word below best describes the following statement: European nations took control of almost all African territory.
Discovering the New World
The Age of Exploration
Scramble for Africa
Assimilating Africans to European Culture
What is being describe in the following statements: Africans were forced to work under terrible conditions; Europeans tried to assimilate Africans; African farmers had to grow cash crops leading to food shortages.
Life for Africans under European Control
Life for Europeans in Africa
Life during Imperialistic Times
Life after Independence.
What does it mean to assimilate?
to divide land based on need
become absorbed and integrated into a society or culture
resist occupation through peaceful tactics
remove all resistance and force ones to work for you.
By the 1880s, Imperialist powers focused on what area of the world?
China
Australia
Russia
Africa
Of the options below, which group of people were NOT present at the Berlin Conference?
British
French
African
Germans
Artificial Political Boundaries: Which statement below describes them and their impact.
Making new borders that didn't previously exist: Caused ethnic and cultural groups to combine leading to conflict.
Removing forced boundaries: Allowed former colonies of Europe to "redraw" their own maps.
Natural European borders; leads to Hitler invading Poland.
American term for westward expansion; leads to purchase of Louisiana territory and defeat of Mexico leading to taking over the continental US.
Number ONE negative impact of European Imperialism of Africa:
selling weapons to African countries; led to arms race.
Economic barriers to trade; hurt African's ability to export goods.
Encouraged rapid industrialization; led famine when Africans stopped farming.
Ignoring existing boundaries; led to territorial disputes, civil war, and other issues still today.
