UNIT 2 Africa History Study Game

1. UNIT 2 Africa History Study Game

2. Were black South Africans allowed to vote in political elections? NO

3. What forced black South Africans to Live in homelands and use separate facilities? Apartheid

4. What is the Afrikaans word for separateness? “Apartheid”

5. Who was the president who helped bring an end to apartheid in South Africa Frederick W. De Klerk

6. What did the African nationalist movement fight for? INDEPENDENCE

7. What are all of the characteristics of the political instability in Africa since independence? Government corruption, civil wars, poverty, and revolutions.

8. Africans need to control their own governments and resources led to what? The nationalist movements and independence from European Powers.

9. Mandela was the leader of what organization which led to his 27 year imprisonment? The ANC or African National Congress

10. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, what was the term, “Scramble for Africa” used to describe? The European Powers race to colonize the African Continent.

11. What is the purpose Pan-Africanism today? • Development of a unified political identity in Africa

12. The Afrikaans word that means, “separateness” is what? APARTHEID

13. Give two rights that were removed under Apartheid? • Race Mixing • Free Travel • Voting • Free Speech

14. Ghana was known as __________ before it was renamed after its independence from Great Britain. The Gold Coast

15. What three continents were part of the triangle slave trade? Africa, Europe, & the Americas (or New World)

16. Which European country first colonized South Africa? Netherlands

17. What is a person(s) called that has to flee their home for safety called? REFUGEE

18. What was the Berlin Conference? The meeting of the European powers to decide how to divide up Africa

19. What was The meeting of the European powers to decide how to divide up Africa? The Berlin Conference

20. What is Genocide? The preplanned murder of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group

21. What was Nelson Mandela’s role in the evolution of Apartheid in South Africa? He worked to abolish Apartheid

22. When Nelson Mandela became president, how did he get revenge on the whites? He did not! He treated them as equals.

23. What rights were removed under Apartheid? • Race Mixing • Free Travel • Voting • Free Speech

24. Mandela was president of what organization that worked to end Apartheid? The ANC or African National Congress

25. King Leopold of Belgium used this as his own personal colony? Congo

26. During the 1950’s and 1960’s most African countries experienced what?? Political Independence from the European Powers

27. Government corruption, civil wars, poverty, and revolutions are all characteristics of what? The political instability of Africa since independence.

28. Why did Africans want independence from European powers? They wanted control of their own governments and resources.

29. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries European powers raced to colonize the African continent, this became known as….. “Scramble for Africa”

30. What is Pan-Africanism? It is a movement that stresses all black Africans must see themselves as one people.

31. Under imperialism, a country must do what to build a stronger country? Conquer colonies to provide raw materials

32. The country known as the Gold Coast was renamed to ______________ after its independence from Great Britain. GHANA

33. What did the African nationalist movement fight for? INDEPENDENCE

34. What were the two nations never taken over by colonialist? Liberia & Ethiopia

35. Why did Europeans take an interest in Africa during the 16th and 17th centuries? Slave Trade

36. A refugee is a person(s) that has to do what??? Flee their home for safety.

37. Who was the nationalist leader from Kenya? Jomo Kenyatta

38. The Portuguese were the first ____________in Africa. Slave Traders

39. Who was the nationalist leader from Ghana? Kwame Nkrumah

40. What movement’s purpose is to develop a unified Africa?? The Pan-African Movement

41. Who were the first slave traders from Europe in Africa? The Portuguese

42. Who was F.W. De Klerk? The white president who helped bring an end to apartheid in South Africa

43. What was the main consequence of EUROPEAN COLONIZATION? Poverty and a lack of economic development in Africa

44. Why did Europeans build empires in Africa? Europeans wanted the natural resources found there, and to expand their empires.

45. Wars fought between opposing sides within a single nation are what type of conflict? • A Civil War.

46. When did most African countries experience political independence from the European Powers? During the 1950’s and 1960’s

47. What has contributed to the political instability of Africa since its independence? Government corruption, civil wars, poverty, and revolutions

48. What is genocide? The preplanned murder of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group.

49. What was the purpose for the “Scramble for Africa”? European need for Raw Materials

50. Why did Europeans build empires in Africa? Europeans wanted the natural resources found there, and to expand their empires.