Worksheetsafrica
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 19mins
The Berlin Conference was about:
European colonisation and trade in Africa
Establishing control of Berlin
Trying to prevent Leopold gaining control of the Congo
Establishing colonies in Europe
If your country has the highest Life Expectancy, GDP per capita, and Literacy Rate..... how would you describe the economy?
Less Developed than the other countries.
Equal to the other countries.
More Developed than the other countries.
Unstable
Why haven't African nations benefited more from their mineral wealth?
they did not discover the minerals until recently
governments were corrupt and took much of the profits from mining
people with traditional beliefs oppose digging the land
Why did the government of Kenya establish national parks and reserves?
The army uses them for training grounds
Industry needs to mine the mineral resources there
Officials rent the land to poor farmers
the wildlife attract tourists and scenic beauty
What was one of the main problems with the borders that Europeans established in Africa?
They crossed too many rivers and lakes
They grouped some rivals together and divided some cultural groups
They blocked British colonies from the ocean
They made it very difficult for French colonies to transport resources
What did South Africa experience for the time in 1994?
a system separated people by race
protests against racism by a black political group
all races could vote
the elimination of the economic gap between races
How did Europeans decide where to put the borders of their colonies?
used Africa's natural features such as rivers
divided Africa to meet their own resource needs
they asked Africans to identify their cultural borders
they researched the borders of ancient African empires
