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Impact of African Colonization

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is happening in this political cartoon? What do you see? What stands out?

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2.

What message is the cartoonist trying to get across?

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3.

What do you think about the cartoon? Do you agree or disagree with the message?

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4.

When a strong country takes wealth and raw materials from another country, it is called:

a)

Imperialism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Slavery

d)

Apartheid

5.

What is happening in this political cartoon? What do you see? What stands out?

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6.

What message is the cartoonist trying to get across?

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7.

What do you think about the cartoon? Do you agree or disagree with the message?

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8.

Many European countries expanded their empires by aggressively establishing colonies so they could exploit Africa's resources. This was known as:

a)

Trading

b)

Economic reasons

c)

Colonialism

d)

Nationalism

9.

What is happening in this political cartoon? What do you see? What stands out?

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10.

What message is the cartoonist trying to get across?

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11.

What do you think about the cartoon? Do you agree or disagree with the message?

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12.

How do you think this cartoon might show the current or future condition of Africa?

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13.

To prevent a war over Africa leaders from 14 European governments and from the U.S. met in Germany in 1884 to discuss how Africa's land should be divided. This was known as:

a)

The African Meeting

b)

The Berlin Conference

c)

The African Conference

d)

The European Conference

14.

After looking at all 3 cartoons, what do you think the impact of colonization and imperialism on Africa is? In other words, when African countries began to gain their independence, what were they left behind with?

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