Social Science Section VII - Miscellaneous Flashcards
(26 cards)
List four Portuguese colonies in Africa.
Angola,
Mozambique,
Cape Verde,
and Guniea-Bisseau
39 African colonies became independent in the twenty year period following the independence of what African nation?
Libya
Most African independence movements were orchestrated and successful how?
Peacefully
What country colonized Kenya?
Great Britain
What country colonized Algeria?
France
When did war break out between the British/French and their respective colonies?
When the colonial powers tried to delay independence in order to safeguard settler privileges
Name two African countries that had large European minorities who had settled there permanently.
Kenya
Algeria
Did the Belgian Congo have a greater or smaller proportion of Europeans than French Algeria and British Kenya?
Smaller
Where were the Europeans in the Belgian Congo clustered around?
The extremely valuable mining industry in the southeastern province of Katanga
What is the southeastern province of Katanga known as in modern-day?
Shaba
What is the name of the center of the Congo’s mining industry?
Katanga, or Shaba (in modern-day)
In what European nation’s colonies did the most violence occur?
The Portuguese colonies
What did it take for the Portuguese colonies to gain independence?
The government being overthrown
Why were the Portuguese colonies’ independence delayed until 1974?
The government refused to consider independence until it was overthrown (in 1974)
How many African colonies gained independence in the 20 years following Libya’s independence?
39 African colonies
In cases where independence was achieved peacefully, large celebrations demonstrated what emotions?
Relief, jubilation, and a sense of national unity, or at least acceptance by those who had hoped for another outcome
Where independence was violent, what did the losers do?
Emigrate
What was the first priority of Nations whose independence movements were violent?
Eliminating any remaining opponents
New governments in Africa received offers of aid from what nations?
The two Cold War superpowers: the USA and USSR
What did the Cold War superpowers want in return from African nations for aiding them?
Votes at the United Nations,
military alliances,
and trade agreements
What did New African governments working out their relationship with their former colonizers usually involve?
Economic and military aid,
educational and health exchange programs,
and promises to engage in future planning exercises
Libya was the first African country to become independent, but what was the first black African country to become independent?
Ghana
What is significant about Ghana’s independence in 1957?
Ghana was the first black African country to become independent in 1957
What is the capital of Ghana?
Accra
