WorksheetsColonization of Africa
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which one of these inventions helped Europeans like the Portuguese trade with Africa?
The Clock
Lateen Sail
GPS
Copper Hulls
Which word means the practice of one country directly ruling and developing trade in a foreign country for its own benefit?
Colonialism
Imperialism
Impeachment
Communism
Which word means the practice of extending a nation's influence by controlling other territories?
Colonialism
Imperialism
Impeachment
Communism
What was not a reason for Europeans to colonize Africa?
They wanted more land than their rivals.
They wanted to spread their religion.
They wanted to gain more slaves.
They wanted more resources for their factories.
In 1884 the European powers met in what city to decide how to divide up Africa?
London
Paris
Rome
Berlin
What were the only two African countries that were not colonized?
Sudan and Ethiopia
Egypt and Liberia
Ethiopia and Liberia
Malawi and Tanzania
All European countries ruled their colonies in the same way?
True
False
African people had little power during European colonization?
True
False
Which of the following did not happen during the colonization of Africa?
Rivalries increased among African ethnic groups.
European settlers took the best land.
Resources were exploited.
Ordinary Africans prospered and grew wealthy.
By around what time period did the slave trade end?
Mid 1600s
Mid 1800s
Mid 1900s
Mid 1700s
