Friday Attendance Quiz (Topic 15 Lesson 2&3 Quiz)

In the early 1800s, North Africa was different from southern Africa in that

• North Africa was part of the declining Ottoman Empire, while the Portuguese ruled southern Africa.

• North Africa was controlled by Zulu warriors, while southern Africa was ruled by a large Asante kingdom.

• North Africa was part of the declining Ottoman Empire, while southern Africa was controlled by a Zulu kingdom that was battling Boers.

• North Africa was controlled by Hausa rulers, while southern Africa was part of a declining Ottoman Empire.

Why did European contact with Africa increase in the 1800s?

• Cecil Rhodes and Leopold II traveled into the interior, showing other European leaders that such journeys were advantageous.

• Explorers and missionaries showed that travel into the interior was possible, due to medical advances and steamships.

• Europeans and Asians took a new interest in the slave trade, making increased contact valuable and necessary.

• An African elite welcomed Westerners, eager to learn the culture and religion of the neighbors they admired.

How did European nations come to rule most of Africa, despite the presence of strong African kingdoms?

• The Europeans had superior weapons.

• The Europeans convinced Africans that their ways were superior.

• The Europeans converted Africans to Christianity.

• The Europeans had better methods of government.

Why did European leaders hold the Berlin Conference?

• to ensure that traditional African boundaries were respected

• to promote African well-being through education and religion

• to prevent African nations from going to war with European nations

• to prevent European nations from going to war over Africa

What did Africans do to resist European rule in the late 1800s?

• They engaged in armed resistance and established nationalist movements.

• They set up new African governments.

• They tried to peacefully co-exist without resorting to violence.

• They seized control of natural resources and set up independent channels for trade.

Nationalism in Western Europe influenced people living in Muslim regions to

• seek to become part of one of the Western countries.

• revolt against the Ottoman empire.

• take renewed pride in being part of the Ottoman empire.

• seek to establish Western democracy at home.

Why was the Wahhabi movement in Arabia a threat to the Ottoman empire?

• Its members overthrew the Ottoman rulers in Arabia because they believed in Arab self-rule.

• Its members wanted to westernize education and revolted when the sultan turned down their requests.

• Its members sought to return Arabian princes to their role as leaders of the kingdom.

• Its members rejected Ottoman theology and law because they wanted to return to Muhammad's original teachings.

How did Muhammad Ali change Egypt?

• He allowed the French to build the Suez Canal and then sold the canal to the British.

• He drove the Ottoman rulers away and championed Egyptian traditions.

• He conquered neighboring lands and reformed Egypt's political and economic systems.

• He led a conservative religious reform movement and got rid of outside influences.

Why did the Ottoman ruler in Egypt lose control of the Suez Canal?

• He could not fight the British with the small Egyptian army.

• He could not repay loans on the canal and so sold shares to Britain.

• He was busy trying to put down revolts from nationalists.

• He put the interests of the British ahead of the Egyptian people.

What was one immediate effect of the discovery of oil in Persia?

• Russia and Britain sent troops to protect their interests there.

• Persians became wealthy overnight.

• Manufacturing plants were built in Persia to take advantage of oil.

• France and Italy sent diplomats to secure rights to oil.