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[Stafo 21] Precolonial and Colonial Africa

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

African countries that is considered as never have been colonised

a)

Ethiopia

b)

Senegal

c)

Rhodesia

d)

Guinea

2.

Colonialism on the cheap means ...

a)

Colonial ruler decide on the price of agricultural resources to be as low as possible to be exported outside Africa

b)

Colonial ruler able to control large territories with little resources through indirect rule

c)

Colonial ruler have cheap taste of fashion

d)

Colonial settler stays in colonies with very low budget from the metropole

3.

Which of the following is a false statement on precolonial Africa

a)

Abundance of land

b)

Few populace

c)

Slavery doesn't exist yet

d)

Control over population > land

4.

[True or False]

Road was a very important infrastructure for ruler to project its power throughout its territory

a)

True

b)

False

5.

[True or False]

When European rule was challenged during the terminal colonial period, the colonialists would leave rather than fight

a)

True

b)

False

6.

[True or False]

In colonial period, colonial rulers still do not see the salience of state boundaries as migration between borders occur frequently

a)

True

b)

False

7.

[True or False]

European colonisers have been successful in creating nation-states, instead of territorial-state

a)

True

b)

False

8.

[True or False]

State authority in the colonial era has a characteristic in which it has a weak territorial border, but a strong internal control

a)

True

b)

False

9.

In precolonial Africa, states rose and fell mainly because its success or failed attempt in displaying accountability and reciprocity between the ruler and the ruled

a)

True

b)

False

10.

[True or False]

Precolonial Africa ruler has its power concentrated in the center of its territorials and less power distributed in its hinterland area

a)

True

b)

False