Age of Imperialism

Question 1

What countries colonized Africa and Asia, leading to political and cultural changes

Answer 1

Western Countries

Question 2

What did Europe do because they ignored the claims of African ethnic groups, kingdoms, and city-states

Answer 2

they established colonies

Question 3

How many ethnic and linguistic groups did Africa divided into

Answer 3

100’s

Question 4

What did the different groups range from

Answer 4

large empires to individual villages

Question 5

How many different languages were there

Answer 5

over 1,000

Question 6

Who were able to keep the Europeans out of Africa for 400 years

Answer 6

powerful African armies

Question 7

What 3 things discouraged exploration

Answer 7

Armies, rivers, and disease

Question 8

What 3 people reached interior of Africa

Answer 8

Missionaries, explorers, and humanitarians

Question 9

Who helped King Leopold II of Belgium acquire land in Congo

Answer 9

Henry Stanley

Question 10

Who did Leopold brutally exploit/how many died

Answer 10

Africans/millions

Question 11

Who toke colony away from Leopold

Answer 11

Belgian government

Question 12

Who began to claim parts of Africa

Answer 12

Much of Europe

Question 13

What is the seizure of a country or territory by another country, usually using military or aggressive force

Answer 13

Imperialism

Question 14

What is the belief that one race is better than others

Answer 14

Racism

Question 15

What are the 4 causes of Imperialism

Answer 15

Economic, Social, Political and Military, and Technological

Question 16

What was one main technological invention

Answer 16

Steam engine

Question 17

Who helped conquest

Answer 17

Maxim gun

Question 18

What protected Europeans from malaria

Answer 18

Perfection of Quinine protects

Question 19

What 2 things were Africans divided by

Answer 19

Language and culture

Question 20

The discovery of what 2 things increased interest in colonization

Answer 20

Gold and Diamonds

Question 21

What is the greatest source of wealth in Africa

Answer 21

Raw materials

Question 22

What did Businesses develop

Answer 22

cash-crop plantations

Question 23

What 2 countries are free of European control

Answer 23

Liberia and Ethiopia

Question 24

How many nations agree on rules for division

Answer 24

14

Question 25

What divided Africa

Answer 25

Berlin Conference

Question 26

Who was a Zulu chief that created a centralized state

Answer 26

Shaka

Question 27

Who did Britain defeat in order to gain control of Zulu nation

Answer 27

Zulus

Question 28

Who are Dutch farmers who take African's land and establish large farms

Answer 28

Boers

Question 29

Who did Boers clash with over land

Answer 29

The british

Question 30

Where did slaves move to in order to escape British

Answer 30

North

Question 31

Who won the Boer v.s. Britain war

Answer 31

British

Question 32

Where did Boer republics unite

Answer 32

Union of South Africa

Question 33

What did Europeans embark on that affected both Africa and the rest of the world

Answer 33

A new phase of empire building

Question 34

Who demanded for more expensive goods

Answer 34

Spur

Question 35

Who payed more, factories or farms

Answer 35

factories

Question 36

How much of their colony did Europeans want to control

Answer 36

all aspects of it

Question 37

What are the 4 forms of control territory

Answer 37

Colony, protectorate, sphere of influence, and economic imperialism

Question 38

What is governed by a foreign power

Answer 38

colony

Question 39

what governs itself, but under outside control

Answer 39

protectorate

Question 40

what is outside power that controls investment, trading

Answer 40

sphere of influence

Question 41

what is a private business that interests assert control

Answer 41

economic imperialism

Question 42

What is it when Europeans provide for local people, but grant no rights

Answer 42

Paternalism

Question 43

What is the adaptation of local people to ruling culture

Answer 43

Assimilation

Question 44

Who conquered southern Nigeria using both diplomacy and force

Answer 44

Britian

Question 45

Who claimed all of Nigeria as a colony

Answer 45

Britian

Question 46

Who is a culturally diverse area, with about 250 ethnic groups

Answer 46

Nigeria

Question 47

What kind of rule does britain use successfully with Hausa and Fulani

Answer 47

Indirect

Question 48

Who has superior weapons

Answer 48

Europeans

Question 49

Who actively resists French for almost 50 years

Answer 49

Algeria

Question 50

Who fought French in West Africa for 16 years

Answer 50

Samori Toure

Question 51

Where did people put faith in spiritual defense

Answer 51

In german east africa

Question 52

Who is an emperor of Ethiopia, resists Europeans

Answer 52

Menelik II

Question 53

Who defeated Italy

Answer 53

Menelik II

Question 54

What reduced local fighting

Answer 54

Colonialism

Question 55

What was created

Answer 55

hospitals and schools

Question 56

What brought economic growth

Answer 56

Technology

Question 57

Who lost land and independence

Answer 57

Africa

Question 58

What broke down

Answer 58

Traditional culture

Question 59

What created problems that continue today

Answer 59

Division of Africa