Vocab
A strong love for your country
Nationalism
What were some roles Africans played in World War I?
Porters, factory workers, conscripted soldiers
This war showed Africans for the first time that Europeans could be weakened and defeated
World War I
Why was it difficult to unite all of Africa together?
Different languages, ethnicity, religion, etc.
How did educated Africans help organize resistance in cities?
Newspapers, petitions, etc.
Growing just enough food to survive
subsistence farming
Prime Minister of England during WWII who wanted England to keep all of its African colonies
Winston Churchill
After World War II, the US and the Soviet Union began a conflict called the __________________
Cold War
Where was the first Pan-African Congress held?
England
True or False: After WWII, Britain and France gave up their colonies completely
False
This international group called the ____________________ gave more African people a voice in the world
United Nations
This person was the King of Belgium who ruled over the Congo
Leopold II
Name three ways that Africans resisted colonialism
Violent rebellion, working slowly, rejecting schools, leaving the country, strikes, newspapers, etc.
In 1935, Italy attempted to invade ______________________.
Ethiopia
True or False: After World War II, African political parties worked harder than ever to get independence
True
What type of government did Germany and Italy have in the 1930s and early 40s?
Fascism
The US President who promoted self-determination after World War I
Woodrow Wilson
At the Universal Negro Improvement Association convention in 1920, delegates wrote a document called ___________________
Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World
This country gained independence from Britain in 1922
Egypt
What was the main goal of the Pan-African movement?
To unite all African people together
The right to choose your own government
Self-determination
Who was the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association?
Marcus Garvey
After World War I, what happened to the colonies that Germany used to control in Africa?
They became "mandates" of the League of Nations
German soldiers killed 75,000 people in the Maji Maji Rebellion which took place in _______________.
Tanzania
How did some African people use religion to resist colonialism?
They formed new, nationalist churches which used music and dance and criticized European churches