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European Imperialism & the Scramble for Africa

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The act of extending rule over a foreign country or territory and/or holding colonies.

a)

Absolutism

b)

Botchulism

c)

Cannabalism

d)

Imperialism

2.

How could European nations dominate a resource market?

a)

By claiming land for a certain resource (like sugarcane or rubber) it could dominate the market and make all the profit from selling that resource

b)

By giving up land that contained certain resources (like sugar cane or flubber) it would give it away and make no profit by not selling that resource.

c)

I don't know because I wasn't paying attention when Mr. Medinas taught the class about this topic...

d)

I don't know because I wasn't paying attention in class, and/or I also didn't do the homework which also answered this question.

3.

Meaning from a certain region; native.

a)

Allele

b)

Biosphere

c)

Catalyst

d)

Indigenous

4.

Someone who goes on a mission to a foreign place to spread his religion.

a)

Isolationist

b)

Missionary

c)

Positionary

d)

Divisionist

5.

The idea that the U.S. was chosen by God to spread across the continent.

a)

Abolitionist Movement

b)

The Way of the Mandalore

c)

Communist Manifesto

d)

Manifest Destiny

6.

Who convinced King Leopold II of Belgium to invest in Africa?

a)

Sir Alec Guiness

b)

Sir Elton John

c)

Sir Henry Stanley

d)

Sir Winston Churchill

7.

This was started by the new settlements in the Congo and the new trade routes through Africa that King Leopold II of Belgium set up, which led to other countries staking claims on the Continent to get a piece of it for themselves.

a)

Scramble for Africa

b)

Scramble for Belgium

c)

Scramble of Eggs

d)

Scrabble for Friends

8.

After this event African nations were divided and taken over by European nations. The preexisting African groups, tribes, and nations were arbitrarily divided, even if the divisions didn't make any sense according to the indigenous peoples' history

a)

African Congress

b)

Berlin Conference

c)

Conga Line Dance

d)

When you say the letter 'W' it starts with a 'D' sound...

9.

To divide a country or state into different parts, usually with different types of political rule.

a)

Abolition

b)

Partition

c)

Constipation

d)

Deportation

10.

To take advantage of in an unfair way.

a)

Androit

b)

Android

c)

Exploit

d)

Explode

11.

Who were the first colonists in southern Africa who created two new republics in southern Africa in 1806 after the British took over the area.

a)

Italy

b)

Belgium

c)

The English

d)

The Dutch

12.

The Second Boer War was fought primarily over these two resources...

a)

Opium & Tea

b)

Peanut Butter & Jelly

c)

Land & Cattle

d)

Diamonds & Gold