British Empire in Africa
Belgian Congo
Other European Colonizers in Africa
Ethiopia and Resistance
Miscellaneous Colonial History
100

What is the modern name of the colony formerly known as British Tanganyika?

What is Tanzania?

100

Which European monarch personally owned and exploited the Congo Free State?

Who is King Leopold II?

100

Which Scandinavian country briefly controlled the Gold Coast colony?

What is Sweden?

100

Ethiopia defeated which European country in the Battle of Adwa?

What is Italy?

100

Which European country held both Namibia and Cameroon as colonies before World War I?

What is Germany?

200

Name one African colony where British governance combined settler self-rule and direct control.

What is South Africa?

200

What was the primary system of labor imposed on the Congolese under Belgian rule?

What is forced labor?

200

Name the European country that held colonies like Mozambique and Angola in Africa.

What is Portugal?

200

Who was the Ethiopian emperor during the Battle of Adwa?

Who is Menelik II?

200

Portugal’s colonies in Africa included Angola and which southeastern African nation?

What is Mozambique?

300

What economic focus drove British colonial policy in its African territories?

What is resource extraction?





300

The brutal exploitation of the Congo under Belgian rule caused what enduring socioeconomic condition?

What is endemic poverty?

300

Which country’s colonial efforts included the establishment of Kamerun?

What is Germany?

300

What year did Ethiopia successfully repel an Italian invasion at the Battle of Adwa?

What is 1896?

300

What term describes France’s post-colonial influence in its former African territories?

What is Françafrique?

400

After World War I, the British gained control of which two former German colonies in Africa?

What are Namibia (German South-West Africa) and Tanzania (German Tanganyika)?

400

What type of labor system disrupted traditional Congolese village life during Belgian colonization?

What is forced extraction labor?

400

Denmark sold its African territories to which country in the 19th century?

What is Britain?

400

Name the guerrilla warfare strategy Ethiopia used during Italian occupation in the 1930s.

What is resistance warfare?

400

Which Scandinavian country briefly controlled Fort Carolusborg on the Gold Coast?

What is Sweden?

500

In British South Africa, what governance system granted autonomy to European settlers while excluding indigenous populations?

What is responsible government?

500

Name one long-term effect of Belgian colonial policies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

What is systemic poverty or lasting economic disparity?

500

In which African region did Spain retain control over Ceuta and Melilla?

What is North Africa?

500

Which global conflict contributed to Ethiopia’s eventual liberation from Italian rule?

What is World War II?

500

What North African country contains two Spanish enclaves, Ceuta and Melilla?

What is Morocco?