African Beginnings
Kingdoms, City-States. and Empires
European Conquest of Africa
Independence and Its Challenges
Issues for Africa Today
100
In what geographic region is it believed that farming began?
Sahara
100
What northern city was a major rival to the Roman empire?
Carthage
100
One of the most clear affects on Africa was the capturing and selling of Africans and transporting them to the Americas. What was that called?
Slave trade
100
What important event led to the reassessment of the relationships between many European nations and their colonies?
World War 2
100
Most people in Africa are this type of profession
Farmer
200
This civilization was located on the Nile and was below Egypt?
Nubia
200
What religion came to dominate Northern Africa from the mid-600s to the present day?
Islam
200
Name one country that was not successfully colonized by Europeans
Ethiopia or Liberia
200
What was another name for the belief that all Africans should work together for their rights and freedoms?
Pan-Africanism
200
Being able to read and write is also called being?
Literate
300
What was the name of the movement of a group of people from West Africa to Central and Southern Africa?
Bantu Migrations
300
What is the correct chronological order of the following: Songhai, Ghana, and Mali
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
300
What European country was the earliest at successfully exploring and colonizing the coast of Africa?
Portugal
300
What type of governments have frequently overthrown democracies in Africa?
Military
300
Countries in Africa have to find the balance between what two types of farming?
Subsistence and Commercial
400
Early hunting and gathering societies eventually became what type of societies in many cases?
Farming and herding
400
What was the name of the East African trading state that grew wealthy from trade and taxes?
Kilwa
400
What was the name of the leader who personally claimed the Congo and treated its people very harshly?
Leopold
400
What was the name of the organization that Nelson Mandela worked for to protest against the unfair treatment of black South Africans
African National Congress
400
What disease has caused a drastic reduction in the life expectancy of people in Southern Africa?
AIDS or HIV
500
What is the name for a society with cities, a government, and social classes?
Civilization
500
What West African civilization is known from its bronze sculptures?
Benin
500
A meeting in Berlin in 1884 made the way that European countries could claim parts of Africa more clear. What was the time after this called?
The Scramble for Africa
500
In 1957, Kwame Nkrumah helped to organize boycotts that eventually led to the independence of what nation?
Ghana
500
What country had an election last week that has some people questioning the results?
Kenya
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