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Africa Quiz 1-21-22

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which did Great Britain colonize?

a)

Kenya

b)

Nigeria

c)

South Africa

d)

Dem Rep of the Congo

2.

Which was orginally colonized by Dutch?

a)

South Africa

b)

Kenya

c)

Nigeria

3.

What did GB want from all the countries?

a)

Natural resources

b)

work

c)

people

4.

Which had people that GB forced to work for min wage?

a)

South Africa

b)

Kenya

c)

Nigeria

5.

What year did Kenya gain independence?

a)

1963

b)

1965

c)

1956

d)

1936

6.

In what year did Nigeria become an independent nation?

a)

1991

b)

1959

c)

1963

d)

1982

7.

Which of these would be a benefit of being a white South African during apartheid?

a)

being able to vote

b)

not being able to go to certain places

c)

living in a township

d)

poor healthcare

8.
Who was the first black president of South Africa?
a)
F.W. de Klerk
b)
Nelson Mandela
c)
Jomo Kenyatta
d)
Kwame Nkrumah
9.

What are the dates of Apartheid ?

a)

During World War 2

b)

From 1948 to 1994

c)

From 1847 to 1988

d)

1994 to 2018

10.

Who lead the independence movements?

Nigeria

South Africa

a)

Young people

b)

Whites

c)

Young people

d)

Whites

11.

Reasons for Kenya’s independence:

a)

Ethnic groups were divided without consideration

b)

Ethnics groups Played against each other (And they noticed)

c)

Wanted to govern themselves

d)

Ethnic wars = division of land = tension

e)

Youth promoted Africa unity & started the movement

12.

Reasons for Nigerias independence:

a)

Ethnic groups were divided without consideration

b)

Ethnics groups Played against each other (And they noticed)

c)

Wanted to govern themselves

d)

Ethnic wars = division of land = tension

e)

Youth promoted Africa unity & started the movement

13.

Reason for South Africa’s independence:

a)

Whites wanted to rule themselves

b)

Ethnic groups Played against each other

c)

youth promoted African unity

14.

Independence achieved by a peaceful nationalist movement

a)

Nigeria

b)

South Africa

c)

Kenya

15.

Independence for whites only voted for in 1961

a)

South Africa

b)

Kenya

c)

Nigeria