SS7H1 Quiz

Why did Europeans first become interested in Africa?

• To discover platinum

• Trade routes

• To start slavery

• Because they thought Africa was nice

During the ____ century, Portuguese explorers became engaged in the African slave trade.

• 15th

• 17th

• 14th

• 16th

The trans-Atlantic slave trade lasted about how many years?

• 300 years

• 1,000 years

• 15 years

• 500 years

Imperialism is a system were a strong country takes wealth and raw materials from another country.

• False

• True

A “strong” country is not supposed to have many colonies. Colonies do not increase its wealth and importance around the world.

• False

• True

Which one was not listed as an export from Africa?

• Rubber

• Glue

• Timber

• Diamonds

Factories required hand-made materials that could be manufactured into marketable products.

• True

• False

When Europeans returned to Africa for more resources, they brought back the manufactured goods and sold them to Africans.

• True

• False

Nationalism is a strong sense of pride in one's nation.

• True

• False

Did the Europeans try to "Christianize" Africa?

• Yes

• No