Colonization
In 1884 European nations met in Berlin to decide how they would divide this continent among themselves.
What is Africa?
This movement promoted unity among people of African descent worldwide and encouraged a shared identity and homeland.
What is the Pan-African Movement (Pan-Africanism)?
After independence, many African nations experienced this type of unstable government ruled by one person with total power.
What is a dictatorship?
This South African leader spent 27 years in prison for opposing apartheid.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This month-long tournament determines the champion of men’s college basketball in the United States.
March Madness
This event created the rules that allowed European countries to officially claim African territory.
What is the Berlin Conference?
Black intellectuals in the 1800s began this early movement calling for an end to colonial rule and African self-government.
What is Pan-Africanism?
Many African countries experienced these sudden military takeovers of government after independence.
What are coups?
Mandela became this in 1994 after South Africa’s first fully democratic election.
What is President of South Africa?
This U.S. state is home to the Wildcats and the Cardinals, two famous college basketball programs.
What is Kentucky?
The competition between European powers to gain colonies across Africa.
What is the Scramble for Africa?
The Mau Mau Rebellion took place in this British colony in East Africa.
What is Kenya?
British colonial policies in this West African country contributed to ethnic conflict between groups.
What is Nigeria?
This political party led the struggle against apartheid and eventually came to power in South Africa.
What is the African National Congress (ANC)?
This SEC school once had a goat as a mascot. They returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2025 after a long absence, but its run ended quickly with a first-round loss to Gonzaga.
This process occurs when one country takes political and economic control of another country.
What is imperialism?
After the Mau Mau Rebellion, this country eventually gained independence from Britain.
What is Kenya?
These artificial political boundaries created by Europeans often forced rival ethnic groups into the same country.
What are colonial borders?
Under apartheid, Black South Africans were forced to live in these separate territories also known as homelands.
What are Bantustans?
Despite its famous elephant mascot and football dynasty, this university’s basketball team made a deep March Madness run to the Final Four in 2024, the best in program history.
What is the University of Alabama?
This approach to colonial rule forced Africans to abandon their culture and adopt the language and customs of France.
What is assimilation?
Unlike Kenya’s violent struggle, this country gained independence mainly through political pressure and negotiation.
What is Nigeria?
Many newly independent African nations struggled with these two political problems: unstable governments and this lack of consistent leadership.
What is political instability?
International economic pressure against apartheid included sanctions such as this type of trade ban.
What is an embargo?
This SEC team named for early American fighters from Appalachia to the Alamo reached the Elite Eight in 2025, continuing a strong stretch of tournament success for the program.
What is the University of Tennessee Volunteers?