African Diversity and Geography
Motivations for Imperialism
South Africa
Rwanda
Miscellaneous
100
There are approximately __________ countries in Africa.
What is 50-60?
100
This was the name of the event when European leaders / countries decided how they would divide up the African continent among themselves.
What is the Berlin Conference?
100
These are the two European nations that colonized South Africa.
What are Great Britain (the British) and the Netherlands (the Dutch)?
100
During the Rwandan genocide _________________ targeted and killed _________________.
What is Hutus / Tutsis?
100
Define the word "amnesty".
What is "official forgiveness"?
200
Name three different climates/terrains that exist in Africa.
What are desert, rain forest, Mediterranean, savannah, urban (cities)?
200
Name two reasons why Europeans wanted to colonize Africa.
What are 1) access to natural resources / raw materials, 2) access to trade routes, 3) felt they were superior to Africans, and therefore had the "right" to control them, 4) "moral duty" to "save" the "uncivilized" African, 5) religion?
200
Many non-white South Africans were forced to live in "townships". Provide a definition of the word "township".
What is a segregated neighborhood for non-white South Africans located on the outskirts of towns/cities?
200
During the genocide, approximately _____________________ people died in _____________________ days.
What is 800,000-1,000,000 / 100?
200
Give an example of "sabotage" (Nelson Mandela's strategy for ending Apartheid).
What is destroying a government building, ruining roads leading to police stations, bombing electrical plants, etc.?
300
Name three different religions that are practiced in Africa.
What are Christianity, Islam, and indigenous (native) religions?
300
Name two obstacles that made African difficult for Europeans to colonize for a very long time.
What are 1) diseases that Europeans weren't used to, 2) terrain difficult to navigate, 3) far from home - poor communication systems, 4) strong African militaries?
300
Under Apartheid in South Africa, which one of the following actions was legal? a. Blacks attending White hospitals b. Inter-racial marriages c. Living in inter-racial neighborhoods d. Blacks working in cities
What is D?
300
This was the moment when the genocide officially began. (The event that "sparked" the genocide.)
What is the (Hutu) President's plane was shot down?
300
According to the Belgians, Tutsis had some specific physical characteristics that made them different from Hutus - name three of these characteristics.
What are 1) longer, thinner noses, 2) lighter eyes, 3) taller, 4) "whiter"?
400
Name three common "myths" about Africa
What are...?
400
Name two technological advances that made it easier for Europeans to colonize Africa.
What are 1) new vaccines / medicines to protect against diseases like malaria, 2) new military technology - machine gun, 3) better communication systems - telegraph, 4) better transportation systems - steam powered trains, ships, etc.?
400
Explain what the Bantu Education Act (law) was and affected Black South Africans.
It was a law that restricted what Black South Africans could learn in school. It prevented them from getting good educations, and therefore good jobs / success.
400
Name three ways that the Hutus "dehumanized" the Tutsis?
What is: called them cockroaches, dogs, tall trees, vermin, infestation, etc.?
400
This was the president of South Africa who released Nelson Mandela from jail and worked with Mandela to officially end Apartheid.
Who is F.W. deKlerk?
500
In 1-2 sentences, identify 2 European languages that are spoken in Africa and explain why these languages are spoken there.
What is English, French, Dutch, etc.? One of the effects of imperialism.
500
Explain what this quote means and the connection between this quote and motivations for European imperialism in Africa. “I contend that we [British] are the first race in the world, an themore of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race … It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring more territory and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes that more territory simply means more of the Anglo-Saxon (white) race, more of the best, the most human, most honourable race the world possesses.” – Cecil Rhodes, 1877
What is...?
500
Explain the goal of Steve Biko's "Black Consciousness" movement. What did Biko believe was the first thing that needed to change in order to end Apartheid?
What is change the way Black South Africans view themselves?
500
Explain which ethnic group (Hutu or Tutsi) the Europeans favored and the benefits that the favored group received.
Who are the Tutsis? What are 1) better education, 2) access to better jobs, 3) participation in government?
500
The term “polarization”, one of the key steps to successfully carrying out a genocide, means: a. Removing all moderate ideas in order to promote only extreme ideas and pin people against each other b. Banning all extreme ideas in order to get moderates more involved in the cause. c. The “cleansing” of a group of people based on their family’s ethnicity d. Moving the two groups of people involved in the conflict to opposite sides of the country
What is B?
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