Decolonization Review

Question 1

What was colonialism like for Africans?

Accepted Answer

Exploitation, racism, loss of African leadership.

Question 2

The actions of Jomo Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah, and Léopold Senghor are closely associated with

Accepted Answer

a rise in nationalism in several African countries

Question 3

What combination of factors led to the end of Apartheid?

Accepted Answer

Resistance from ANC, embargos, international pressure.

Question 4

Imprisoned ANC leader who, after release, was elected as first black president of South Africa

Accepted Answer

Nelson Mandela

Question 5

What is the purpose of ANC?

Accepted Answer

To end/abolish Apartheid

Question 6

What was the purpose of the African National Congress?

Accepted Answer

To protect native Africans from the racist policies.

Question 7

Apartheid ended when F.W.de Klerk, allowed non-whites to vote in presidential elections.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

After 1880, European nations sought colonies in Africa primarily because the Europeans were:

Accepted Answer

competing for raw materials/ markets

Question 9

Nelson Mandela & Bishop Desmond Tutu worked to end...

Accepted Answer

apartheid

Question 10

The Mau Mau Rebellion and Indian National Congress both

Accepted Answer

Called for an end to colonization

Question 11

How did Africans gain their independence from colonial rule? (pick the correct order)

Accepted Answer

WWII, Nationalism, Pan Africanism

Question 12

Why did the boundaries that were created during the European partitioning cause conflict?

Accepted Answer

No concern that Africans were there first, tribes were mixed.

Question 13

I led the Mau Mau uprising in British East Africa that led to independence for Kenya

Accepted Answer

Jomo Kenyatta

Question 14

In the 1950's & 1960's, African colonies experienced decolonization & gained independence

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

African nations struggled because of problems left by colonialism?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Why were the African borders referred to as "artificial borders?"

Accepted Answer

There was no concerns given to ethnic or religious groups.

Question 17

When did Britain decide to colonize Africa?

Accepted Answer

1885 during a conference in Berlin

Question 18

The outcome of decolonization in India was

Accepted Answer

The creation of two countries: India and Pakistan

Question 19

Which of the following events triggered the 1956 Suez Crisis?

Accepted Answer

Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal.

Question 20

Philosophy based on the belief that Africans share common bonds and are a unified people.

Accepted Answer

Pan Africanism

Question 21

Kwame Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta led ____________ movements.

Accepted Answer

independence

Question 22

Nationalism can lead to a country's independence; being free of colonial rule or unjust rulers.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Europeans had roads, bridges, & built railroads in the colonies to

Accepted Answer

obtain raw materials needed for industrialization.

Question 24

What event marked the end of Apartheid and the beginning of democracy in South Africa?

Accepted Answer

The first multiracial elections, in 1994.

Question 25

What major problems existed in newly independent African nations, post-colonial rule?

Accepted Answer

Cycle of poverty, economies were not strong or independent.

Question 26

African's were motivated by nationalism to unite against colonial rule and demand independence.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Which Egyptian leader was instrumental in signing the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty?

Accepted Answer

Anwar Sadat

Question 28

Where did the Mau Mau uprising occur?

Accepted Answer

Kenya

Question 29

How did Kwame Nkrumah lead Ghana to independence from Great Britain?

Accepted Answer

through a largely non-violent movement

Question 30

Kwame Nkrumah urged Africans to -

Accepted Answer

fight foreign rule and bad trade policies

Question 31

Which of the following factors was a major cause of the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962)?

Accepted Answer

French promises of greater self-rule after World War II were not fulfilled.

Question 32

What does ANC stand for?

Accepted Answer

African National Congress

Question 33

The Balfour Declaration promised a nation for Jewish people in Palestine. What did it say about the rights of Arabs?

Accepted Answer

It stated that their civil and religious rights should not be prejudiced.

Question 34

What was the Negritude Movement (Pan Africanism)?

Accepted Answer

African movement after WWII to celebrate African culture, heritage & values

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