Welcome to your Grade 10 History chapter 7
After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.
1.
Which year is often referred to as the "year of Africa" because more than a dozen countries gained independence?
2.
What was the primary form of resistance used by most African countries to achieve independence?
3.
In which types of colonies was the road to independence more difficult, often requiring guerrilla wars?
4.
Which organization was the predecessor to the African Union (AU)?
5.
What is considered the greatest success of the Organization of African Unity (OAU)?
6.
Who was the head of the Zambia African National Congress and later the United National Independence Party (UNIP)?
7.
Which former German colony was administered by South Africa as a mandate of the League of Nations?
8.
In what year did Rwanda become a republic after gaining independence?
9.
What was a major failure of the OAU according to the text?
10.
What tragic event occurred in Africa in 1994, serving as a lesson for the world community?
11.
Which movement is described as the culmination of the desire for African unity?
12.
Burundi remained a kingdom until it became a republic in which year?
13.
Which European power dominated colonies such as Angola and Mozambique in Southern Africa?
14.
What was the name of the campaign organized by UNIP in 1962 against British rule?
15.
What were the settler colonies that waged armed struggles in the 1960s and 70s?
16.
The OAU was considered incapable of meeting the challenges of which global phenomenon?
17.
Which country was known as Southern Rhodesia during the colonial period?
18.
What issues did the OAU struggle to deal with effectively?
19.
In the context of contemporary Africa, what are listed as major socio-economic problems?
20.
Which region's history in the 1960s was dominated by a revolutionary tide of liberation movements?
21.
What replaced the Organization of African Unity (OAU)?
22.
Most African countries achieved independence through non-violent movements, except for those with what characteristic?
23.
What term refers to the struggle against European colonial domination and for self-rule?
24.
Which country was colonized by Great Britain under the name Northern Rhodesia?
25.
The OAU played a pivotal role in eradicating which specific type of rule in Africa?
26.
What were the primary lessons of Unit 7 regarding post-independence Africa?
27.
Bechuanaland is the former colonial name of which modern country?
28.
Nyasaland was the colonial name for which modern African state?
29.
Basutoland is the former name of which modern Southern African country?
30.
Which year signaled the beginning of the "revolutionary tide" in Portuguese colonies?
