European Imperialism in Africa Test Questions

(Partitioning) Which is an accurate statement about the partitioning of Africa by European imperialist nations during the 1880’s?

(Causes/Motives) After the 1880's, most European nations acquired colonies in Africa primarily because they wanted:

(Causes/Motives) The 19th century term “White Man’s Burden” reflects the idea that?

(Effects) In the past, European nations have conquered other lands, made them into colonies, and controlled their economies. Which term refers these ideals?

(Partitioning) Which European nation controlled Egypt and large parts of Western and Southern Africa?

(Causes/Motives) Take up the White Man’s burden—
Send forth the best ye breed
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives’ need;
To wait, in heavy harness,
On fluttered fold and wild—
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.

--Rudyard Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden”

The phrase “White Man’s burden” in this excerpt refers to the:

(Causes/Motives) Both the French and the British were interested in controlling Egypt in the mid-19th century because Egypt had:

(Causes/Motives)…, you, Africa, suffered like a beast
Your ashes strewn to the wind that roams the desert,
Your tyrants built the lustrous, magic temples
To preserve your soul, preserve your suffering.
Barbaric right of fist and the white right to whip,
You had the right to die, you could also weep.
--Patrice Lumumba, “Dawn in the Heart of Africa”

This African poem is discussing the evils of…

(Guns, Germs, Steel) During the 1800's, Europeans improved roads and bridges and built railroads in their colonies primarily to:

(Effects) “The Ashanti and Ebo… strongly resisted missionary incursion [interference]-for a time at least… Both groups grudgingly [reluctantly] accepted missionaries and their schools only after military defeat by imperial forces.” --Edward H. Berman

A valid conclusion based on this quotation would be that some Africans…

(Effects) The borders that were established for many African nations during the late 1900’s were based primarily on:

(Motives/Causes) Which statement best expresses the motive for 19th-century European imperialism?

He was the real driving force for the colonization of central Africa. Although this leader claimed he wanted to abolish the slave trade, Imperialism was his true motive. His army colonized the Congo. They forced the Congolese tribes to collect sap from rubber plants instead of farming. He then called for the Berlin Conference to divide Africa!

He was an American reporter that was hired to find Dr. David Livingstone to report on his travels in Africa and he did so on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in central Africa.

(Partitioning) What was the event called that caused Africa to be divided up by the European Imperialist powers?

(Effects) He was the only African leader to defeat the Europeans and maintain an independent state. He managed to resist the European colonization of Ethiopia.

(Effects) This was a MAJOR GOAL of European control. What policy did the Europeans use to force the local populations into absorbing the culture and languages of Europe? To accomplish this the Europeans built schools and established businesses that were patterned after European institutions. The Europeans tried to force their African colonies to adopt their language, religion, schools and customs.

(Partitioning) Which region was most affected by decisions made at the Berlin Conference of 1884?

(Effects & Sequencing) Which of these developments in Africa was a cause of the other three?

(Effects and Conflict) Which two groups fought with the Zulus in the 19th century over the control of land in South Africa?

(Causes) Which phrase refers to the occupation, colonization, and annexation of Africa between the 1880s-1914?

(Causes) Believing that, "only the strongest will survive," is known as: .

(Partitioning) The Berlin Conference in 1884–1885 established:

(Guns, Germs, & Steel) How is South Africa geographically similar to Europe?

(Effects) Which of the following is not a negative effect of European imperialism?

(Guns, Germs, and Steel) Which of the following factors enabled the British and other Europeans to defeat the powerful African tribes like the Zulu?

(Guns, Germs, and Steel) Which of the following was a new technology that enabled the Europeans to conquer Africa?

(Guns, Germs, and Steel) Why were Africans less susceptible to the diseases like Malaria that killed European settlers?