Nationalist Movements in Africa and the Middle East Quiz

What did European nations do in Africa to exploit the mineral resources?

• Reduced taxes for African farmers

• Encouraged self-sufficiency

• Forced Africans off the best land

• Paid Africans high wages

What movement began to nourish the nationalist spirit and strengthen resistance in Africa?

• Pan-Asianism

• Pan-Americanism

• Pan-Africanism

• Pan-Europeanism

Who led the Turkish nationalists in overthrowing the sultan and declaring Turkey a republic?

• Mustafa Kemal

• Reza Khan

• Woodrow Wilson

• Léopold Senghor

What emphasized the common history and language of Arabs and recalled the golden age of Arab civilization?

• Pan-Asianism

• Pan-Arabism

• Pan-Africanism

• Pan-Europeanism

What literary movement expressed pride in African roots and culture and protested colonial rule?

• Négritude

• Realism

• Romanticism

• Surrealism

What organization did Western-educated officials, peasants, landowners, Christians, and Muslims unite behind in Egypt?

• African Christian churches

• Muslim Brotherhood

• Pan-Africanism

• Négritude movement

What did white settlers impose in South Africa to ensure white economic, political, and social supremacy?

• Racial segregation

• Equal rights for all

• Apartheid

• Racial integration

What did Africans condemn during the 1920s and 1930s, inspired by President Woodrow Wilson’s call for self-determination?

• The apartheid system

• The mandate system

• The nationalist movement

• The colonial system

Who was the best known writer of the négritude movement?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Léopold Senghor

• Reza Khan

• Mustafa Kemal

What did the mandate system contribute to in the Middle East?

• Modernization of Turkey and Persia

• Rise of nationalism in Africa

• Pan-Africanism

• Conflict between Jews and Arabs