What were the European motives behind colonizing Africa?
Social Darwinism
All the answers are correct
To expand their empires and sustain national pride
Source of raw materials and new markets for their goods
During the Boer War, many black South Africans were captured by the British and placed in _____, where over 14,000 died,
Penal colonies
Farms
Extermination camps
Concentration camps
What is meant by imperialism?
When a powerful nation seizes control of a poor nation's resources
When workers from a poor nation are employed seasonally by a powerful one
When powerful nations meet together to form a union
When a powerful nation sends economic aid to a weaker nation
Identify the war fought in South Africa between the Dutch settlers & the British and was the first modern total war.
The Boer War
The French and Indian War
The Franco-Prussian War
The Great War
The perfection of the drug quinine in 1829 eventually protected Europeans from becoming infected with the _____ disease.
Malaria
Black Death
Spanish Flu
Tubercolosis
In 1884–85, Fourteen European nations met at the Berlin Conference to lay down rules for the division of Africa
True
False
The ………lost the Battle of Ulundi and their kingdom to the British
Zulus
Urobo
Hausa-Fulani
Igbo
How was the Theory of Evolution applied to society through Social Darwinism?
Non-European nations should be granted self-rule
Actions & motives of Europeans should be analyzed carefully
Europeans believed they had the duty & right to impose their cultures
Actions & beliefs of European imperialists should be criticized
After Britain won the South African War in 1910, The Boer republics were joined in a ______ controlled by the ________
union, Italians
dominion, French
self-governing union, British
colony, Belgians
Europeans and Americans, had initially, learned about Africa through travel books and newspapers.
False
True
As late as 1880, Europeans controlled only 10 percent of the continent’s land, mainly on the coast
False
True
What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?
Join European forces against the Zulus
Lay the ground rules for the abolition of slavery in Africa
Plan missionary expeditions to African interior
Lay the ground rules for division of Africa among European nations
What did the Chokwe devote themselves to do?
Collecting ivory and Beeswax
Collecting sugar & cocoa beans
Hunting
Collecting copper & silver
Which of the following was an internal factor within African that made it vulnerable to European conquest?
Wars between ethnic groups
Wars between Britain and USA
Wars between Britain and France
Diseases
The _______ were the first European settlers of South Africa and were known as __________.
Spanish, Huguenots
Belgian, Zulus
British, Afrikaners
Dutch, Boers
The Zulu chief who used disciplined warriors &military organization to create a large centralized state in S. Africa .
Leopold
Shaka
None of the answers is correct
Cetshwayo
Europeans believed they were better than other people. The belief that one race is superior to another is called ____
Racism
Capitalism
Utilitarianism
Marxism
The seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country is called -----------------
imperalialism
protectionism
marxism
darwinism
One overwhelming advantage was the Europeans’ technological superiority in weapons such as the ________
Maxim Gun
Dynamite
Armed cars
Malaria drug
During Boer wars, The British burned Boer farms, imprisoning women &children in disease-ridden concentration camps
True
False
Why couldn't the Europeans navigate in to African interior and stayed by the coast?
Strong African armies kept pre-industrialization European armies out
All the answers are correct
African diseases
Cataracts & fast-flowing rivers
What discouraged European explorations into the interior of Africa in the early 1800s?
Powerful African armies & hostile natives
Fast-flowing rivers & cataracts
All the answers are correct
African diseases, like Malaria
What did King Leopold claim was his primary motive in establishing a colony in Congo?
Abolishing slave trade & promoting Christianity
Getting African workers for factories in Belgium
Curing Africans from diseases
Getting into the mines of gold & silver
Which African countries remained free of European control?
Egypt & Nigeria
Ethiopia & Liberia
Algeria & Chad
Uganda & Congo
What is meant by "Racism"?
The belief that one race is superior to another
The belief that no religion is superior to another
The belief that no race is superior to another
The belief that no ethnic background is superior to another
The Boers launched ---------------- and used guerrilla tactics against the British.
Chemical weapons
Commando Raids
Artillery
Air forces
South Africa was rich in gold & diamond.
False
True
How did the many linguistic and ethnic groups in Africa contribute to European colonization?
Africans were united and had strong armies that kept Europeans out
African groups were not united, making them easier to control
Due to famine
Due to industrialization
The Great Trek was undertaken by the ------- to escape the British, but led them into conflict with the Zulu and others
French
Boers
Germans
Africans