WorksheetsImperialism: Africa
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Motivations:
When the United Stated forced Japan to open their ports to trade in 1848 is an example of
Military Motivation
Economic Motivation
Political Motivation
Humanitarian Motivation
Motivations:
When the Japan expanded their control from Korea into Manchuria 1905 it was in part to prevent the Russians from gaining access to the coastal regions to build a seaport. This would be an example of a ...
Military Motivation
Economic Motivation
Political Motivation
Humanitarian Motivation
Motivations: [Two Answers]
Germany's invasion and establishment of colonies in southern Africa (German East Africa) in order to compete and check the expansion of the British Empire would be an example of:
Military Motivation
Economic Motivation
Political Motivation
Humanitarian Motivation
Which of the following figures made it possible for the Europeans (particularly the British) to defeat and subjugate the empires of Central Africa?
Hiram Maxim
Cecil Rhodes
King Leopold II
Cetshwayo
What event sparked off the 'Scramble for Africa"
The Discovery of Diamonds in Kimberly
The seizure of the Congo by King Leopold of Belguim
The invasion of Zululand by the British and Dutch settlers
The industrialization of European states.
Who promoted a vision of connecting Africa from Egypt (north) to the Cape Colony (south) with a railroad and telegraph.
Queen Victoria
Hiram Maxim
Benjamin Disraeli
Cecil Rhodes
Who was excluded (left out) from the Berlin Conference?
representatives for the US
representatives of European countries
representatives of African countries
representatives of the 3rd Estate
The Zulu became the dominate nation in southern Africa under that leadership of
Shaka
Cetshwayo
Mpande
Dabulamanzi
The Anglo-Zulu wars began with the Zulu defeating the British army at
the Battle of Rorke's Drift
the Battle of Blood River.
the Battle of Ulundi
the Battle of Isandlawana
The Zulu were defeated and subjugated by the British under that reign of
Shaka
Cetshwayo
Mpande
Dabulamanzi
What was the greatest obstacle the Europeans faced expanding their empires into tropical Africa?
Hostile nations like the Zulu
Difficulty transporting supplies during the wet season.
Tropical diseases, especially Malaria.
European crops couldn't grow in tropical climates.
Which battle was promoted heavily in the British press as propaganda for war against the Zulu and to distract from initial failures and defeats.
the Battle of Rorke's Drift
the Battle of Blood River.
the Battle of Ulundi
the Battle of Isandlawana
Which battle between the Europeans and the Zulu was not fought by the British?
the Battle of Rorke's Drift
the Battle of Blood River.
the Battle of Ulundi
the Battle of Isandlawana
Britain became the primary power in southern Africa by defeating who in The Boer Wars?
the descendants of the Zulu called Boers
the descendants of the Khoisan people called Boers.
the descendants of the Dutch settlers called Boers.
the descendants of the Welsh settlers called Boers.
The major rival to the British in Africa were the... [blue territories]
Germans
French
Belgians
Italians
Which two (2) African nation maintained their independence during the "scramble for Africa"?
Egypt
Liberia
Ethiopia
Algeria
Before being taken over by the French, many of the newly independent states in North Africa had been a part of what Empire?
Roman Empire
Islamic Empire
Ottoman Empire
Algerian Empire
