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Africa

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Berlin Conference was a .....
a)
meeting of European nations to split up Asia.
b)
meeting of European nations to unify Africa.
c)
meeting of European nations to divide up Africa.
d)
European party.
2.
When a stronger country takes over a weaker country. 
a)
Nationalism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Militarism 
d)
Alliance System 
3.
What economic reasons did Europeans go to Africa for? 
a)
A new place to build houses.
b)
A new place to educate their children
c)
For natural resources, cheap labor, and markets.
d)
Because the weather was nice.
4.
The poem, The White Man's Burden, by Rudyard Kipling, represents the belief that European culture was _______.
a)
superior to other cultures
b)
misunderstood by Americans
c)
the oldest culture in the world
d)
a replica of Ancient Greek culture
5.

Who was excluded (left out) from the Berlin Conference?

a)

representatives for the US

b)

representatives of European countries

c)

representatives of African countries

d)

representatives of the 3rd Estate

6.
The idea that the European peoples had a unique duty to "civilize" the non-white races of the world has often been referred to as:
a)
The Scramble for Africa
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
The White Man's Burden
7.
Who was the first black president of South Africa?
a)
F.W. de Klerk
b)
Nelson Mandela
c)
Jomo Kenyatta
d)
Kwame Nkrumah
8.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of apartheid laws?

a)

separate homelands for blacks

b)

black South Africans and white South Africans worked together

c)

black South Africans being forced to carry pass books

d)

blacks could only work in white towns, not live there

9.

What was apartheid?

a)

equality for all

b)

western-style democracy

c)

constitutional monarcy

d)

legal racial segregation

10.
Why were Africans captured and forced to work in the Americas?
a)
to share riches and wealth with them
b)
to provide more workers for the plantations
c)
to give them diseases
d)
to spread Christianity
11.

What is the Middle Passage?

a)

Water Route Through North America

b)

European slave trade with India

c)

European Slave trade with China

d)

European slave trade with the Americas

12.
David Livingstone is famous for exploring which continent?
a)
Europe
b)
Australia
c)
America
d)
Africa
13.

He was one of the leaders of the Black Consciousness Movement who was murdered by police in 1977.

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Steve Biko

c)

Solomon Mahlangu

d)

F.W. DeKlerk

14.

The two major ethnic groups in Rwanda are:

a)

Hera and Tari

b)

Hutu and Tari

c)

Hutu and Tulsi

d)

Hutu and Tutsi

15.

Which ethnic group in Rwanda was given more privilege under Belgium rule and were the VICTIMS of the genocide?

a)

Twa

b)

Hutu

c)

Tutsi

d)

Zulu

16.

Where is Darfur located?

a)

West Sudan

b)

Ethiopia

c)

South Africa

d)

North Somalia

17.

The terrorist group the Sudanese government funded/equipped to kill and expel non-Arabs in Darfur.

a)

Taliba

b)

Janjaweed

c)

Addis Ababa

d)

Al Qaeda

18.

The Kimberly Process

a)

Ensures countries are buying conflict diamonds

b)

Ensures countries are buying the most exclusive diamonds

c)

Ensures countries are buying conflict free diamonds

d)

Ensures countries are buying the cheapest diamonds

19.

Why are some diamonds nicknamed "Blood Diamonds"

a)

They are red in color

b)

They are bought by terrorists

c)

They are passed down through family generations

d)

They are mined using slavery in a war zone

20.

The definition of Desertification is...

a)

Land that is fertile and able to grow plants

b)

the process of ocean water losing salt

c)

the process in which land loses fertility and ability to grow plants

d)

giving humans the advantage of having fertile soil

21.

Modern day pirates that rob cargo ships are mainly found in which African country?

a)

Sudan

b)

Somalia

c)

South Africa

d)

Ivory Coast

22.

Voodoo became a religion that was seen as evil because of what event?

a)

Haitian Slave Revolt

b)

Civil War

c)

Boer War

d)

Middle Passage Revolts

23.

What does the Acronym AIDS stand for?

a)

Acquired Infection Deficiency Syndrome

b)

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

c)

Accepted Immunodeficiency Syndrome

d)

Acquired Internal Deficiency Syndrome

24.

What is the middle passage?

a)

the trip from England to Africa

b)

the trip from England to the Americas

c)

the trip from Africa to the Americas

d)

the trip from Africa to England

25.

The trade that allowed movement of goods, people and materials among the continents.

a)

Continental trade

b)

Triangular Trade

c)

Slave Trade

d)

European Trade