Africa's history
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- Q1Many Europeans countries were looking for new land and settling colonies because they wanted _______.natural resourcesslavesmoneymore land30s
- Q2Which of these is NOT a reason the Europeans wanted slaves specifically from Africa to work in their colonies?Africans were the cheapest slaves they could findmany Africans were farmers and knew how to work the land and grow crops in similar climates to the AmericasAfricans were in a similar climate to the colonies in North and South America, so they could handle the temperaturesgetting them from Africa was convenient because they sailed by Africa coming to the American colonies30s
- Q3The Europeans wanted natural resources because it would give them more money, and more money meant more _________.landpowernatural resourcesslaves30s
- Q4What meeting between European countries happened in 1884?German ConferenceBelgium ConferenceBerlin ConferenceEuropean Conference30s
- Q5Why was the Berlin Conference needed?only to stop fighting among the Europeansso European countries wouldn't fight over the land in Africa and so they could decide how to divide up the continent of Africaonly to decide how to divide up Africanone of these30s
- Q6How many European countries participated in the Berlin Conference?24014830s
- Q7How many African countries participated in the Berlin Conference?24814030s
- Q8Europe divided the continent of Africa among itself, except for the countries of ______.Ethiopia and LIberiaSouth Africa and NigeriaNigeria and LiberiaEthiopia and South Africa30s
- Q9When Europe was creating new boundaries for their colonies in Africa, they paid no attention to tribal boundaries. This caused problems because many tribes were _____.only forced togethernot changed at allsplit apart or forced togetheronly split apart30s
- Q10Many African countries gained their independence from European countries in the 1900s. The Africans wanted independence for a long time, but the final straw for some of them was losing their ______.culture and heritagefreedomlandnatural resources30s
- Q11The country of Rwanda had been under the control of _______.BelgiumGreat BritainSpainFrance30s
- Q12The _____ tribes began fighting very soon after gaining independence.Ashanti and TutsiHutu and TutsiSerengeti and AshantiSerengeti and Hutu30s
- Q13In Rwanda, the army was controlled by the ____, and over 500,000 Tutsi were killed.AshantiSerengetiTutsiHutu30s
- Q14By the end of Rwanda's civil war, ____ of the country's people had been killed or left the country.1/21/101/41/330s
- Q15Nigeria was colonized by ____.Great BritainFranceBelgiumSpain30s