Scramble for Africa and Independence

Scramble for Africa and Independence

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7th Grade

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1.

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Independence movements in Kenya were.

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more violent than in Nigeria.

2.

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How did the Berlin Conference of 1884 cause conflicts in Africa that continue to the modern day? Options: The conference encouraged rapid industrialization, which led to famine as many Africans stopped farming., The conference created economic barriers to trade, which hurt African countries' abilities to import goods., The conference allowed Europeans to sell weapons to African countries, leading to an arms race on the continent., The conference ignored existing boundaries when creating colonies, leading to territorial disputes after decolonization.

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The conference ignored existing boundaries when creating colonies, leading to territorial disputes after decolonization.

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What inspired anticolonial and independence movements in Kenya and Nigeria during the mid-1900s? Options: Pan-Africanism, communism, capitalism, Pan-Arabism

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Pan-Africanism

4.

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By what means did Nigeria gain independence from Great Britain?

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political pressure and largely peaceful negotiations

5.

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Boundaries established by European governments that placed competing ethnic groups within the same country in Africa led to

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the outbreak of civil wars.

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What region of the world became the MAIN focus of imperialistic powers during the Age of Imperialism? Options: Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the South Pacific

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Africa

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Independence movement group in Kenya that caused a lot of violence to Europeans and Africans who supported Europeans.

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Mau Mau

8.

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By the early twenty-first century, the majority of national borders in Africa were determined by

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former colonial claims of European countries.

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Nationalism is

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having pride and loyalty to your nation -that your nation is the best, and having a connection to others of common background