Unit 7: History of Africa Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: The __________ refers to the transport of people from Africa across the Atlantic to become slaves in Europe and the Americas.

• Transatlantic Slave Trade

• Silk Road

• Trans-Siberian Route

• Panama Canal

Fill in the blank: __________ is the process through which a country controls another country.

• imperialism

• dictatorship

• federation

• separation

Fill in the blank: The conflict between European countries to gain control of parts of Africa is known as __________.

• the Scramble for Africa

• the African Conquest

• the Colonial Race

• the Partition of Africa

Fill in the blank: Areas under control of another country are called __________.

• colonies

• states

• territories

• provinces

Fill in the blank: A type of rule of Europeans in Africa would appoint local chiefs to be their enforcers is called __________.

• indirect rule

• direct rule

• colonial rule

• military rule

Fill in the blank: __________ is an approach typically used by the French in which Africans were forced to give up their culture and adopt French culture.

• Assimilation

• Integration

• Segregation

• Colonization

Fill in the blank: A form of government where one person or a small group possesses absolute power over an entire country __________.

• dictatorship

• democracy

• oligarchy

• republic

________________ is the movement that called for unity among African people.

• Pan-African Movement

• Civil War

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

A war between citizens of the same country.

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Civil War

• Pan-African Movement

The idea that countries are most successful if the people who live there share some common culture.

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• Indirect Rule

• Assimiiation