QuizFebruary2nd

Question 0

What is the year marking the beginning of World War I? (When it began)

Answer 0

1914

Question 1

Name the 2 African countries that were left independent after World War II.

Answer 1

Ethiopia and Liberia

Question 2

Diagram indirect rule

Answer 2

Colonial Administration
              ⬇️
Governor of colony
              ⬇️ 
Local Leaders
              ⬇️
Africans

Question 3

This country rules over Algeria.

Answer 3

France

Question 4

Amount of the African continent controlled by France & Britain at the time of scramble for Africa ( by the time WWI starts)

Answer 4

2/3 of the continent

Question 5

What are the 3 big reasons for Europeans to explore the continent of Africa?

Answer 5

Political, Economic, and Humanitarian reasons

Question 6

What is the name of Ethiopia’s King during WWI?

Answer 6

Haile Selassie

Question 7

What country ruled Cameroon?

Answer 7

Germany

Question 8

What European innovation helped the population of Africa to increase its numbers?

Answer 8

Medicine

Question 9

This country failed to defeat the army of Ethiopia in its quest to colonize it.

Answer 9

Italy

Question 10

This man discovered what King Leopold was doing on a ship (The Antwerp docks)

Answer 10

Edmund Morrel

Question 11

How do colonial governments deal with raising money to run their government in Africa?

Answer 11

They impose taxes on the African people that they are unable to pay.

Question 12

What country ruled over Nigeria?

Answer 12

Britain

Question 13

What is the scramble?

Answer 13

Time of intense European colonization of Africa. (Especially sub- Saharan Africa)

Question 14

When was the Berlin Conference held?

Answer 14

1884-1885

Question 15

Define Imperialism

Answer 15

The exercise of power by a state beyond its boundaries.

Question 16

Define colonialism

Answer 16

A form of imperialism; the administrative control by a state over other people

Question 17

What is ethnocentrism?

Answer 17

A belief thereby one group of people feels superior to other groups of people, due primarily to cultural differences.

Question 18

Why did traders, missionaries, and consuls gain influence along the coastal communities?

Answer 18

In the name of trading goods, security and protection, and for God.

Question 19

Why didn’t the Africans create resistance to the scramble?

Answer 19

Because they were so dependent on the Europeans for overseas trade that they had not thought of it. They also did not know of the consequences that it would create.

Question 20

Who controlled African states? (Which European powers)

Answer 20

King Leopold II!!!! of Belgium

Question 21

“I do not agree with you that England and America are the two great humanitarian powers… They are materialistic first and humanitarian only a century after.”

Who said this?

Answer 21

Roger Casement

Question 22

Congo free state was made by whom?

Answer 22

King Leopold II

Question 23

How did the economic structure change with the introduction of cash crops?

Answer 23

Africa produced raw materials that had to meet industrial demands in their home countries. There was little production of food for basic living. They also put taxes on imported goods that Africans could not afford to pay.This led to famine and no trade between Africans.

Question 24

What are the affects of forced labor on traditional African culture?(how did it change?)

Answer 24

Men were separated from their families, prostitution increased, and there was alienation from traditional village life that led to declining power of the village chiefs.