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Africa's History H Quiz Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What asset helped the Bantu dominate other cultures?

a)

The ability to make weapons from iron

b)

a language others wanted to use

c)

knowledge of agricultural techniques

d)

cultural diversity among Bantu migrants

2.

Which group helped spread Swahili into the interior of east Africa?

a)

Arab traders

b)

Bantu migrants

c)

European traders

d)

Songhai warriors

3.

What language in the Bantu/Niger-Congo family is most spoken in Africa?

a)

Bantu

b)

Arabic

c)

Swahili

d)

English

4.

Compared to Africa in the 1300s, Europe was…

a)

Calm

b)

Prosperous

c)

Exciting

d)

Chaotic

5.

Which development proved that Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage was a success?

a)

Islamic scholars returned to Mali

b)

European leaders added Mali to their maps of Africa

c)

Mosques were built that have lasted into our lifetime

d)

Musa was able to conquer Egypt

6.

What geographic feature kept Mali isolated and safe from Europeans and Africans?

a)

Congo Rainforest

b)

Sahara Desert

c)

Large, complex Niger River system

d)

Great Rift Valley

7.

Who was most likely to be captured and forced into both African and American slavery?

a)

Young women with knowledge of chores inside the plantation homes

b)

Middle-aged women with knowledge of planting and harvesting crops

c)

Young men with strength as well as knowledge of planting and harvesting crops

d)

Middle-aged men with knowledge of planting and harvesting crops

8.

What was the Middle Passage?

a)

A voyage carrying enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas

b)

A caravan taking enslaved Africans across the Sahara

c)

A caravan taking enslaved Africans from Central Africa to the coast

d)

A voyage carrying enslaved Africans from island to island in the Caribbean

9.

Which of the following was a distinction of slavery in Africa rather than slavery in America?

a)

Slavery was hereditary

b)

The children of slaves could be free from slavery

c)

Women were preferred as slaves

d)

Europeans enslaved any African they could and forced their labor on African plantations

10.

How did Africa culture and traditions spread to the Americas?

a)

African immigrated to the Americas after Columbus colonized the New World

b)

Muslim traders rode caravans to the New World and brought African culture with them.

c)

Africa slaves brought their culture with them through the Middle Passage and preserved their culture through generations of enslavement.

d)

Europeans copied the African traditions and brought them to their American colonies.

11.

What policy led to the Scramble for Africa, leaving most every culture conquered by European powers?

a)

Apartheid

b)

Imperialism

c)

Assimilation

d)

Militarism

12.

Africa was most likely colonized for what reason(s)?

a)

Economic profit

b)

Access to raw materials

c)

Valuable resources

d)

All of the above

13.

What nation won South Africa from the Zulu and Boers?

a)

Belgium

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Great Britain

14.

What was a goal of Livingstone exploring Africa?

a)

Put an end to the slave trade

b)

Find natural resources, like copper and rubber

c)

Find places to set up Christian missionaries

d)

Become familiar with native African languages

15.

By ____, (the eve of World War One) Africa had been divided up by the European powers.

a)

1814

b)

1837

c)

1887

d)

1914

16.

What was one of the main problems with the borders that Europeans established in Africa?

a)

They divided some culture groups and grouped some rivals together

b)

They made it difficult for French colonies to transport resources

c)

They blocked British colonies from the ocean

d)

They crossed too many rivers and lakes

17.

How did the apartheid laws impact people living in South Africa?

a)

They restricted where blacks could live, work, sit, travel, eat. Blacks could not participate in government.

b)

They created a communist lifestyle in South Africa giving everyone equality.

c)

All people benefited from living under apartheid.

d)

They promoted democratic government, giving all people the right to vote and participate in government.

18.

After serving 25 years in prison, who was elected President of South Africa?

a)

FW deKlerk

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Mansa Musa

d)

Bishop Desmond Tutu

19.

What nations put economic pressure on South Africa to end aprtheid?

a)

Belgium and Germany

b)

Congo and Egypt

c)

United States and United Kingdom

d)

Liberia and Ethiopia

20.

Why was the African National Congress created?

a)

To promote the Bantu

b)

To protest apartheid

c)

To protest economic pressure against apartheid

d)

To promote apartheid

21.

What European nation was the imperial leader over Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Great Britain

d)

Portugal

22.

Which cause of imperialism also led to African independence movements?

a)

Nationalism

b)

Racial superiority

c)

Search for natural resources

d)

Technological improvements like quinine and the railroad.

23.

How did the British treat most of their African colonies?

a)

African citizens lost many of their civil rights

b)

African lands were taken by the British.

c)

Africans had to pay high taxes.

d)

All are true about the British treatment of their African colonies.