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Africa History Vocab

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A policy of racial separation used in South Africa from 1948 – 1990

a)
Apartheid
b)
Discrimination
c)
Colonialism
d)
Segregation
2.

Giving up one’s own customs and adopting those of another culture

a)

Appropriation

b)
Cultural exchange
c)

Integration

d)

Assimilation

3.

People in South Africa who are of Dutch ancestry

a)
Xhosas
b)

Ashanti

c)
Zulus
d)
Boers
4.

A complete ban on trade between two countries

a)
Embargo
b)
Quota
c)
Tariff
d)
Trade Agreement
5.

The South African president who, in 1990, freed Nelson Mandela from prison after he had served 27 years

a)
Cyril Ramaphosa
b)
F.W. de Klerk
c)
Thabo Mbeki
d)
Jacob Zuma
6.

System of acquiring colonies to provide raw materials for a stronger country

a)
Nationalism
b)
Globalization
c)
Colonialism
d)
Imperialism
7.

A system of government used by the British and French to control parts of their colonial empires by using pre existing governments

a)
Indirect rule
b)
Self-governance
c)
Colonial administration
d)
Direct rule
8.

Great pride in one’s nation and/or ethnic group

a)
Patriotism
b)
Globalism
c)
Isolationism
d)
Nationalism
9.

South African statesman who fought against apartheid and was released from prison to become the nation’s first democratically elected black president in 1994

a)
Nelson Mandela
b)
F.W. de Klerk
c)
Thabo Mbeki
d)
Desmond Tutu
10.

A reaction to colonial rule, and a desire for the people of African descent, no matter where they lived in the world; to think of Africa as a homeland

a)

Pan-African Movement

b)
Cultural Imperialism
c)
African Diaspora
d)
Colonial Nationalism
11.

A change of political borders cutting through at least one territory considered a homeland by some community

a)
Cultural assimilation
b)
Economic migration
c)

Partitioning

d)
Territorial dispute
12.

The forced removal and enslavement of Africans to the New World by Europeans during the 1500’s through the mid 1800’s

a)
Colonial Trade Routes
b)
African Migration Patterns
c)
European Settlement Policies
d)
Transatlantic Slave Trade
13.

To be considered not socially, morally, or culturally advanced

a)

civilized

b)

uncivilized

c)
progressive
d)
developed
14.

A Bantu ethnic group of Southern Africa, and the largest ethnic group in South Africa

a)
Zulu
b)
Xhosa
c)
Tswana
d)
Sotho