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Which TWO answer choices correctly describe Nelson Mandela?
A. civil rights leader who protested against racial injustice in South Africa
B. popular athlete who represented South Africa in the Olympics
C. rich businessman who brought major industries to South Africa
D. military general who helped South Africa gain its independence
E. successful politician who served as the president of South Africa
A and E
By the early twenty-first century, the majority of national borders in Africa were determined by
A. traditional precolonial national borders.
B. historic property rights of African tribes.
C. natural features such as rivers and deserts.
D. former colonial claims of European countries.
D. former colonial claims of European countries.
Read the excerpt and answer the question.
Inspired by the noble ideals which guided the founding fathers of our Continental Organization . . . in their determination to promote unity, solidarity, cohesion and cooperation among the peoples of Africa and African States[.] — The Constitutive Act of the African Union
What ideal, on which the African Union is based, does this excerpt illustrate?
Pan-Africanism
Which two countries had the GREATEST number of colonies in Africa in the late 1800s?
Great Britain and France
What motivated the South African government to end the apartheid system?
The international community pressured the government through sanctions and boycotts.
Boundaries established by European governments that placed competing ethnic groups within the same country in Africa led to...
the outbreak of civil wars.
What was one of the primary goals of the Pan-African Movement in the twentieth century?
to bring an end to colonial rule in Africa
Jomo Kenyatta inspired in Kenyans a sense of nationalism and a drive for
A. the right to self-government and independence.
B. increased territory and a leadership role in African politics.
C. control over neighboring territory taken from them by Europeans.
D. the creation of the African Union to solve African problems internally.
A. the right to self-government and independence.
After Nelson Mandela was freed from prison in 1990, he and President F. W. de Klerk...
A. became locked in a struggle for control of the country.
B. presented competing arguments to the United Nations.
C. developed a two-state solution to South Africa's problems.
D. worked together on rewriting the South African constitution.
D. worked together on rewriting the South African constitution.
Which of the following Western countries was NOT involved in the partition of Africa after 1880?
A. Belgium B. Germany C. Italy D. the Netherlands
D. the Netherlands
By what means did Nigeria gain independence from Great Britain?
political pressure and largely peaceful negotiations
What is an apartheid system, such as the one that existed in South Africa from 1948 to 1991?
A. a system of laws that enforces racial segregation and discrimination
B. a system of laws that enforces the equal distribution of wealth in a society
C. an economic system in which the government controls the means of production
D. an economic system in which private citizens determine how resources are used
A. a system of laws that enforces racial segregation and discrimination
What region of the world became the MAIN focus of imperialistic powers during the Age of Imperialism?
Africa
What was an obstacle to Nigerian unity after the nation gained independence from Britain?
The Nigerian population was ethnically and religiously diverse.
What was an outcome of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement in the 1990s?
A. Great Britain ended the apartheid and granted South Africa its independence.
B. Non-Afrikaner South Africans gained better representation in government.
C. South Africa was allowed to become a member of the United Nations.
D. South Africa was divided into several independent countries
A. Great Britain ended the apartheid and granted South Africa its independence.
what was South Africa like under the apartheid government?
A. The government treated all citizens equally.
B. Afrikaners were treated as second-class citizens.
C. Most citizens of South Africa were Afrikaner.
D. Racial discrimination was enforced by law.
D. Racial discrimination was enforced by law.