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Decolonisation of Africa

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is decolonisation?

a)

The process whereby an imperial power gives up its territory for its colonies.

b)

The process whereby an imperial power gives up its formal authority over to its colonies.

c)

The process whereby an imperial power gives up land.

d)

The process whereby an imperial power gives up colonialism.

2.

Africa is important because

a)

It is seen so often in the West as a prime example of how Third World Poverty perpetuates.

b)

It is seen so often in the West as a prime example of how the world is unfair.

c)

It is seen so often in the West as a prime example of how South Africa is expropriating land.

d)

It is seen so often in the West as a prime example of how Third there are unending inter and intra-state wars.

3.

Third World is a term

a)

That refers to third class citizens.

b)

denoting rich groiup of people.

c)

referring to a collective group of states that are neither part of developed capitalist world nor the communist block.

d)

Referring to South American states.

4.

Non-Alignment is

a)

A State policy of avoiding involvement in 'Great Power Conflicts' most notably the Cold War.

b)

A State policy of avoiding involvement in most Conflicts' most notably the Gaza War

c)

A State policy of avoiding involvement in internal Conflicts' most notably the Congo War.

d)

A State policy of avoiding involvement in most Wars.

5.

Apartheid is

a)

An Afrikaans term for black people in South Africa.

b)

An Afrikaans term for the Nationalist Party in Namibia.

c)

An Afrikaans term for racial segregation in South Africa.

d)

An Afrikaans term used between 1948-1950 in South Africa.

6.

neo-colonialism

a)

Is a new form of decolonialism.

b)

Is a process whereby a colonial power does not grant independence.

c)

It is a process of additional colonialism.

d)

Is the process where a colonial power grants independence but maintains de facto political and economic control of its former colony.

7.

Which African Country became the first independent state on the continent?

a)

Somalia in 1948

b)

Accra in 1950

c)

Ghana in 1957

d)

Tanzania in 1949

8.

Which states were partitioned from India in 1947?

a)

Pakistan and Palestine

b)

Pakistan

c)

Palestine

d)

Pakistan and Bangladesh.

9.

Which European states emerged as losers in the Suez Canal War in 1956?

a)

Syria and Jordan

b)

Egypt and Israel

c)

Britain and France

d)

France and Lebanon

10.

What does the term Nakba mean in Arabic? This term was used by the Palestinians to describe

a)

the 1947-49 curse

b)

Palestinian experience in 1974-1949 Arab-Israeli war as a disaster

c)

A war in the Suez Canal

d)

Their desire for the Gaza Strip