9 week test review

Why did European countries want to take over Africa?

• To help African people live better lives

• To stop civil wars in Africa

• To get land, gold, and resources to become richer and more powerful

• To enslave African people for work

How did European countries take control of African land?

• By agreeing to divide the land peacefully

• By fighting wars with each other for land

• By buying land from African governments

• By having explorers claim the land for them

What movement brought Africans together based on their shared culture?

• Civil Rights Movement

• Pan-African Movement

• Nationalism Movement

• Liberation Movement

What was the main goal of the Berlin Conference of 1884?

• European and African leaders worked together to divide Africa

• African leaders met to stop civil wars

• African leaders asked for independence

• European countries set rules for dividing Africa among themselves

How did the borders created by Europeans cause problems in Africa?

• They forced rival groups to live together and split other groups apart

• They united people and made them stronger

• They stopped African cultures from growing

• They helped ease tensions between groups

What was the goal of the Pan-African Movement?

• To end European control and bring Africans together

• To stop poverty in Africa

• To make African countries trade more

• To introduce European ways of government

What happened because Nelson Mandela was sent to prison?

• Many countries stopped trading with South Africa

• Countries joined together to fight South Africa in a war

• The world ignored apartheid laws

• South Africa was kicked out of the United Nations

What was the result of Nelson Mandela’s trial?

• He was found innocent and freed

• He was sentenced to death

• He was sentenced to life in prison for treason

• He was convicted but later pardoned

Why was Nelson Mandela arrested in 1962?

• For supporting apartheid

• For protesting against apartheid

• For trying to overthrow the government

• For leaving the country illegally

Which country gained independence from British rule?

• Kenya

• Nigeria

• Both Kenya and Nigeria

• Neither Kenya nor Nigeria