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Imperialism in Africa

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which European country controlled the Suez Canal for about 70 years?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Belgium

d)

Germany

2.

Which two natural resources were the main extracts from Southern Africa?

a)

Gold & diamonds

b)

Rubber & cotton

c)

Palm oil & grains

d)

Gold & rubber

3.

What main advantage did European imperialists have in dominating much of Africa?

a)

Advanced Medicine

b)

Advanced Weapons

c)

Large populations

d)

Common Religion

4.

Belgians brutally harmed laborers in what African nation?

a)

South Africa

b)

Congo

c)

Egypt

d)

Nigeria

5.

What raw material was the main resource from the Congo?

a)

Cotton

b)

Coffee

c)

Rubber

d)

Gold

6.

Which two led expeditions in the mid-1800s to learn about Africa’s physical features?

a)

Queen Victoria & Cecil Rhodes

b)

Cecil Rhodes & David Livingstone

c)

King Leopold II & Queen Victoria

d)

David Livingstone & Henry Stanley

7.

What is apartheid?

a)

Complete control over aspects of another country

b)

Forced trade with another country

c)

Pride in one’s country

d)

Legal racial segregation in South Africa

8.

South Africa was first colonized by which European country?

a)

The Netherlands

b)

Great Britain

c)

Germany

d)

Belgium

9.

Conflict between the British and the Dutch in South Africa led to what war?

a)

Seven Weeks War

b)

Franco-Prussian War

c)

Boer War

d)

WWI

10.

Many African nations led fights against the imperialist Europeans.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

European countries gathered at what meeting to divide the continent of Africa?

a)

Congress of Vienna

b)

Berlin Conference

c)

Estates General

d)

Africa Organization

12.

African tribal leaders were invited to the meeting led by Europeans to divide Africa.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Which eastern African country remained independent?

a)

Sudan

b)

Rwanda

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Kenya

14.

Which western African country remained independent?

a)

Liberia

b)

Niger

c)

Morocco

d)

Benin

15.

Quinine was a beneficial drug for colonial Europeans to treat what illness?

a)

Ebola

b)

Smallpox

c)

Polio

d)

Malaria