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WorksheetsImperialism in Africa
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
European imperial conquests were made possible by the technological advancements of the
Age of Reason
Industrial Revolution
Crusades
Age of Exploration
Scottish doctor, missionary, and explorer was one of the 1st Europeans to penetrate Africa's interior in the 1860s:
Paul Kruger
Winston Churchill
Cecil Rhodes
David Livingstone
King Leopold II of Belgium hired journalist Henry Stanley to explore Central Africa and sign trade treaties with tribal chiefs to obtain land in this country:
Congo
Egypt
Mozambique
Liberia
A European Conference was held here in 1884-1885 to establish rules for Africa's partitioning and to commit nations to ending the slave trade:
Rome
London
Berlin
Geneva
Which of the following was not a reason for the European Great Powers' interest in colonizing weaker countries of the world?
to obtain raw materials and new markets for their goods
to gain converts to Christianity
to establish coaling stations or bases for their navies
to make new friends in the global community of nations
British inventor of the machine gun, used often in the Imperial Age to annihilate African warriors who fought against foreign rule:
Cecil Rhodes
Hiram Maxim
Lord Kitchener
Rudyard Kipling
The only two African countries to preserve their independence from foreign rule during the Imperial Age:
Ethiopia and Liberia
Algeria and Tunisia
Congo and Nigeria
Angola and Sudan
The only war fought between European Great Powers over territory in Africa during the Imperial Age:
Zulu War
Ashanti War
Boer War
Crimean War
Which of the following was not a positive effect of European colonialism in Africa?
Africans were given an opportunity to learn in schools
Africans were given positions of authority to rule over Europeans
Africans got new sanitation systems and hospitals
Africans had roads, dams, bridges, and railroads built with European assistance
It was the worst effect of European imperialism in Africa:
African males had to leave their homes and villages to do hard labor
African tribes became unnaturally divided or unified by new national borders drawn by the Imperialists
Africans experienced a loss of their traditions and native identities
Africans suffered famines after being forced to plant cash crops instead of subsistence crops
