Welcome to your Grade 12 History chapter 2
After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.
1.
What discovery helped European colonizers combat malaria to penetrate the African interior?
2.
How many European countries were represented at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
3.
Which African countries were not invited to the Berlin Conference?
4.
King Leopold of Belgium secured personal ownership of which territory in 1885?
5.
Which colonial power followed an administrative policy known as "Indirect Rule"?
6.
Who formulated the policy of "Indirect Rule" for the British?
7.
What policy did the French follow in their colonial administration?
8.
Which rebellion in Tanganyika (1905-1907) demonstrated broad African anti-colonial nationalism?
9.
What was the main reason the British decided to stop the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
10.
Which West African leader led the Mandinka Empire against French penetration?
11.
In which country did the Mahadist Movement resist colonial forces?
12.
The European scramble for Africa reached its peak during which period?
13.
What was the "colonial trinity" that Belgian rule in the Congo was based on?
14.
By 1914, what percentage of the world's territories had fallen under colonial rule?
15.
Which colonial power used a "scorched-earth" policy in Tanzania in 1906?
16.
Which region was known for rich mineral exploitation of copper by the Union Muniere Company?
17.
In French Africa, who provided nine-tenths of the formal education?
18.
What was the language of instruction for all teaching in French African colonies?
19.
Which industrial mining center was dominant in southern Africa?
20.
Which empire was not represented at the Berlin Conference because it was thoroughly weakened?
21.
What motivated Europeans to penetrate the African interior besides technology?
22.
Which colonial power had possessions in Angola and Mozambique?
23.
Which powerful warriors were defeated by the Germans in 1907 in Tanzania?
24.
What was the effect of French and British methods on African chiefs?
25.
Which country was recognized as having legitimate authority in the Congo basin at the Berlin Conference?
26.
What occurred in 1880 that allowed European soldiers to defeat native Africans?
27.
Which colonial administrator was the Minister of Colonies for France?
28.
What was the primary commodity of the "illegitimate trade" before its suppression?
29.
Which European country got acceptance of its claims to the French-Congo at the Berlin Conference?
30.
What period is known as the New Imperialism?
