Mr. Dowling's Interactive Test on Colonial Africa

Prince Henry the Navigator lived in this European nation.
1. Portugal
2. Spain
3. France
4. Italy
5. Greece
Prince Henry wanted to explore Africa in order to . . .
1. reach the South Pole.
2. find a water route to India.
3. exploit Africa's mineral wealth.
4. build imperial colonies.
5. All of the answers is correct.
Which statement about Henry the Navigator is true?
1. Prince Henry was an able sailor.
2. Prince Henry lived in Portugal.
3. Prince Henry lived to see his sailors reach India.
4. All of the statements about Prince Henry the Navigator are true.
Which location is closest to the southern tip of Africa?
1. Rock of Gibraltar
2. The Strait of Magellan
3. The Horn of Africa
4. The South Pole
5. The Cape of Good Hope
This is the practice of creating a settlement in one land supported by another
1. zealotry
2. imperialism
3. xenophobia
4. colonialism
5. apartheid
The capital city of Liberia was named for this American president.
1. George Washington
2. George W. Bush
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. Thomas Jefferson
5. James Monroe
Which statement about Liberia is false?
1. Americo-Liberians treated the Mande, Kwa, and Mel people of Liberia with kindness and generosity.
2. A great deal of Liberia’s economy has been destroyed.
3. Liberia recently fought a civil war.
4. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was elected president of Liberia in 2006.
The Boers were originally from this European nation.
1. France
2. Italy
3. Belgium
4. Germany
5. The Netherlands
Which statement about the Boer Wars is false?
1. The Boers were unhappy with British rule.
2. The British outlawed slavery in South Africa.
3. A large number of British people moved to South Africa after 1867.
4. Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union encouraged the Boer Wars.
This was the policy of racial separation in South Africa between 1948 and 1991.
1. democracy
2. colonialism
3. imperialism
4. socialism
5. apartheid
The African National Congress violently opposed this South African practice.
1. colonialism
2. imperialism
3. communism
4. democracy
5. apartheid
South Africa’s mineral wealth includes . . .
1. gold
2. diamond
3. gold and diamonds
4. neith gold notdiamonds
Which statement about Nelson Mandela is false?
1. Nelson Mandela is currently the president of South Africa.
2. Nelson Mandela was jailed by South Africa for 27 years
3. Nelson Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize
4. Nelson Mandela married on his 80th birthday.
International pressure and domestic violence forced the white minority government of this nation to allow all people to vote in 1994.
1. South Africa
2. Liberia
3. Zimbabwe
4. Algeria
5. Gold Coast
American slaves founded this nation between 1820 and 1865.
1. Liberia
2. Congo
3. Senegal
4. Mali
5. Libya
France attempted to annex this nation, but the French voted by an overwhelming margin to ask the French to leave.
1. Liberia
2. Congo
3. Algeria
4. Zimbabwe
5. Zambia
6. Algeria
Boer means farmer in French.
1. True
2. False
Maafa means disaster or terrible occurrence.
1. True
2. False
The three points of the triangle trade were Europe, Africa, and America.
1. True
2. False
He proved Africa could be circumnavigated when he reached the southern tip of Africa.
1. Samuel K. Doe
2. King Leopold
3. David Livingstone
4. Bartholomeu Dias
5. Nelson Mandela
6. Dias
The people of South Africa elected this former political prisoner to the presidency in 1994.
1. King Leopold II
2. Nelson Mandela
3. David Livingstone
4. Bartholomeu Dias
5. Samuel K. Doe
His treatment of workers in the Congo outraged the people of Belgium.
1. Samuel K. Doe
2. Leopold II
3. David Livingstone
4. Bartholomeu Dias
5. Nelson Mandela
This missionary taught the African people modern science and medicine.
1. David Livingstone
2. Samuel K. Doe
3. Leopold II
4. Bartholomeu Dias
5. Nelson Mandela
6. Samuel K. Doe