Question 1

Term defined as "the conquest of one or more nations by another nation"

Accepted Answer

Colonialism

Question 2

What was Europe's goal in colonizing Africa?

Accepted Answer

gaining natural resources (raw materials)

Question 3

What term is defined as "the dominance and power asserted by one nation over less powerful nations?"

Accepted Answer

Imperialism

Question 4

Before 1600, how many slaves were captured and taken from Africa each year?

Accepted Answer

2,000

Question 5

What percentage of slaves died before reaching the New World?

Accepted Answer

25%

Question 6

What country, along with its Navy, greatly helped to end the slave trade?

Accepted Answer

Britain

Question 7

What kind of oil remained the leading export because industrial nations used it to lubricate their machines?

Accepted Answer

palm

Question 8

(T/F) When the British navy effectively ended the slave trade around 1850, the warfare and raids increased significantly.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

A gathering-based economy allowed more Africans access to the wealth that poured into Africa by giving them opportunities to market what general group of items?

Accepted Answer

natural resources (raw materials)

Question 10

The African economy changed from __________ ___________ to providing____________ _____________needed by industrial countries

Accepted Answer

selling slaves; raw materials

Question 11

Peaceful conditions allowed the Africans to ________ rather than continue to migrate.

Accepted Answer

settle

Question 12

What two empires are examples of Islamic conquest in Nigeria and Mali?

Accepted Answer

Sokoto and Tukulor

Question 13

Some African states in North and West Africa, including Morocco, Tunisia, and Ethiopia responded to possible threats from European nations by modernizing what institution in their nation?

Accepted Answer

army

Question 14

Ethiopian ruler who replaced his poorly trained volunteer army with well-equipped and well-trained soldiers; built factories to build modern military equipment

Accepted Answer

Menelik

Question 15

What West-African general developed a modern army with current weapons to defend the Wassoulou Empire?

Accepted Answer

Samori Ture

Question 16

What organization was formed in Ghana in 1868 by pastors and teachers, and was an example of Africans working to maintain self rule and to promote education?

Accepted Answer

Fante Confederation

Question 17

What European explorer searched for and found the source of the Nile?

Accepted Answer

Sir Richard Burton

Question 18

Name at least two valuable resources that Africans harvested/produced as cash crops to grow their income.

Accepted Answer

honey, palm oil, cotton, rubber, cocoa, beeswax, peanuts

Question 19

Who was both the most famous European explorer in and missionary to Africa during the 19th century?

Accepted Answer

David Livingstone

Question 20

When David Livingstone followed the Zambezi River, what waterfall did he find? (Give the European name.)

Accepted Answer

Victoria Falls

Question 21

What explorer sent by the New York Herald found Livingstone in Africa at Lake Tanganyika and supposedly greeted him by saying, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

Accepted Answer

Henry Stanley

Question 22

Who was one of the earliest missionaries from the British empire to serve in Africa? He began a ministry in South Africa that spanned 53 years.

Accepted Answer

Robert Moffat

Question 23

Who became the first African bishop in the Anglican church? He was a great scholar and had been kidnapped by Muslims as a boy.

Accepted Answer

Samuel Ajayi Crowther

Question 24

Crowther translated the Bible into what language?

Accepted Answer

Yoruba

Question 25

What was one of the first European states to explore the coasts of Africa and establish trade settlements?

Accepted Answer

Portugal

Question 26

Three European countries that established some of the earliest coastal settlements in Africa; these would later be springboards for colonization of Africa's mainland.

Accepted Answer

Portugal, Britain, France

Question 27

What country expanded its exploration following the loss of the American colonies in the eighteenth century? They focused more on Africa after losing those American colonies.

Accepted Answer

Britain

Question 28

What provided a growing demand in Britain for African raw materials?

Accepted Answer

Industrial Revolution

Question 29

The second French Colonial Empire began in 1830 with the invasion of what country in North Africa?

Accepted Answer

Algeria

Question 30

What man disproved the claims that the black man was racially inferior; wrote West African Countries and People: A Vindication of the African Race?

Accepted Answer

John Africanus Horton

Question 31

Horton's book, West African Countries and Peoples argued that different stages of civilization had nothing to do with _______.

Accepted Answer

race

Question 32

What was the first trigger for a rapid conquest and partitioning of Africa?

Accepted Answer

French sent 3 groups to decide the route for the trans-Saharan railway

Question 33

What was the second trigger for a rapid conquest and partitioning of Africa?

Accepted Answer

French appointed a commander to let them expand further into Africa

Question 34

What was the third trigger for a rapid conquest and partitioning of Africa?

Accepted Answer

Belgium & France sent diplomats to make treaties with tribes in the Congo basin

Question 35

Soon after the 3 triggers, almost all of Africa came under what continent's domination?

Accepted Answer

European

Question 36

King Maremba of the Yao tribe (accepted/rejected) colonization.

Accepted Answer

rejected

Question 37

Imperialist king of Belgium who masked his greed with humanitarianism for Africa. He became president of the International African Association and claimed to crusade against slavery when in reality he had African slaves himself that he treated cruelly.

Accepted Answer

Leopold

Question 38

The name given to the territory in the interior of Africa along the Congo River that was controlled by the Belgian government under King Leopold:

Accepted Answer

Belgian Congo

Question 39

The rush for European conquest of Africa.

Accepted Answer

Scramble for Africa

Question 40

Which phase of the Scramble for Africa does the following describe?

Treaties between European and African nations that took advantage of Africans

Accepted Answer

first phase

Answer

second phase

Answer

third phase

Question 41

Which phase of the Scramble for Africa does the following describe?

Berlin Conference of 1885; European powers conference about how to take advantage of Africa's resources and land

Accepted Answer

second phase

Answer

third phase

Answer

first phase

Question 42

Which phase of the Scramble for Africa does the following describe?

European ships and troops invade and conquer Africa; Africans react in various ways

Accepted Answer

third phase

Answer

second phase

Answer

first phase

Question 43

What African King of the Yao tribe would not submit to European pressure to sign a treaty with them; wrote to the German authorities, hoping to develop a friendship with that country?

Accepted Answer

Macemba

Question 44

Samori Ture established a Muslim empire in West Africa and resisted what country's attempts to take control of his land?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 45

Before colonial periods, few African states had _________________ to defend themselves from European conquest.

Accepted Answer

armies

Question 46

Rapid-firing gun the Europeans used in World War 1.

Accepted Answer

Maxim Gun

Question 47

President of Liberia who practiced diplomacy to preserve Liberian independence

Accepted Answer

(Joseph Jenkins) Roberts

Question 48

Name 2 positive economic developments in Africa due to colonialism.

Accepted Answer

1. The Europeans built a modern infrastructure in Africa.

2. They improved farming methods and increased production of natural products.

Question 49

Name two negative effects of the economic developments in Africa due to colonialism.

Accepted Answer

1. Most of what Europeans did was to benefit themselves.

2. The result was an uneven development of regional economy.

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