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Gr10 Imperialism - Scramble for Africa

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