Why did Europeans first take interest in the African Continent?
They were interested in African resources.
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How did political boundaries set by the European colonizers affect the Africans?
They often separated members of the same ethnic group and put those of other ethnic groups together.
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What was term was used when Africans began to show pride in their country and wanted to rule themselves?
What is nationalism
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Which was most often used to draw new boundaries for African countries?
Europeans followed the old colonial boundaries.
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Which organization was formed to work for the equality in the country of South Africa?
What is the African National Congress
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What was the name of the meeting held in Germany to determjine how Africa would be divided among European countries?
What is the Berlin Conference
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What is considered a positive impact of European colonization?
Roads, Schools, Technology, Hospitals
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Why did Africans want independence from European powers?
They wantd to control their own governments.
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What did F. W. de Klerk do once he became president of South Africa? (3 things)
What is ended Apartheid, ended the ban on the African Naitonal Congress, and released Nelson Mandela.
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What is significant about Nelson Mandela's election to political office in South Africa in 1994?
He was the first black president of South Africa.
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Which Europeans first colonized Africa?
What is the Dutch
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Why did many of the boundaries of the new African states created after WWII cause problems?
The boundaries split tribes and kinship groups.
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Since Independence, what has been a problem within many countries in Africa?
Conflict among ethnic groups.
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What brought money and corrruption to Nigeria after Independence?
Oil
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What was apartheid?
South Africa's governmnet policy of separation of races.
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Many Europeans saw colonies as a measure of national power and a way to control the resources of other parts of the world. This is an example of what?
What is Imperialism
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Using local African chiefs to help Europeans govern their colonies was known as what form of governing?
What is Indirect Rule.
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What was the purpose of the Pan-African Movement?
To help unite Africans and make them realize they should work together to gain freedom.
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What was the purpose of the nationalist movement in South Africa?
To end the apartheid system and establish equal rights for all.
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What was used by the global community to put pressure on South Africa to end apartheid? They are penalities imposed by one country on another to force changes in policies.
What are Sanctions
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What has been the most important contributing factor to the problems facing Africa today?
What is European Partitioning.
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When did African people begin to challenge European colonial rule?
After WWII.
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What was a result of the nationalist movements in countries such as Kenya and Nigeria?
Independence
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What most valuablew resources were discovered in South Africa after the British took control of the country?
What are Gold and Diamonds.
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Why was Nelson Mandela imprisioned?
He spoke out and encouraged opposition to apartheid.