10/7/13 “Study skills” What are 3 things that you do when preparing for a test? On desk: Africa Test Study Guides

10/7/13 World History Agenda Africa test review! HW: Study for Africa Test on Wed.

Africa Test Review Groups take turns answering questions. You have 30 seconds to answer or you pass. If you get answer right, you earn points. If you get answer wrong or pass, you lose points. If a group gets answer wrong, the next group has a chance to answer. They may pass with no penalty. If you are talking during another group’s turn, your group will lose points. FINAL ROUND: 1 question. Groups wager amount of points (like Jeopardy). Group with the most points at the end of the game wins!

Question: What does the term colonialism mean?

Answer: Control by one power over another group of people or territory.

Question: What country was King Leopold II the ruler of?

Answer: King Leopold II was the ruler of Belgium.

Question: What part of Africa did the Belgians colonize?

Answer: The Belgians colonized the Congo.

Question: Who was Menelik II?

Answer: Menelik II was the emperor of Ethiopia when they fought against the Italians.

Question: What is a cash crop?

Answer: Cash crops are grown solely for the purpose of selling the product to make profit, NOT for consumption by its owner.

Question: What are two effects that cash crops had on the Africans?

Possible answers: Africans couldn’t grow their own food. This led to famines. Men forced to leave to find other ways to support their families.

Question: This is the policy of colonization where Africans were given limited self-rule.

Answer: Indirect Control. (Africans were put in charge of governing themselves.)

Question: True or False – The geographic features of Africa made it easy for Europeans to colonize it.

Answer: False! The geographic features of Africa made it harder for Europeans to colonize Africa.

Question: What is the belief called when one group of people believe they are superior to another group of people?

Answer: Racism.

Question: How long did Africans fight off European colonizers before the Europeans were finally able to colonize Africa?

Answer: Powerful African armies were able to fight off European colonization for over 400 years before Europe successfully started taking over Africa.

** DAILY DOUBLE!! **

Question: List 3 reasons the Europeans were finally able to conquer much of Africa after Africans had kept them at bay for over 400 years.

Possible Answers: Increased technology Automatic weapons Better transportation and communication (steam ships, railroads, cables) Drugs to combat malaria and other diseases Ethnic fighting between African groups

Question: What did King Leopold II claim his motive was for colonizing the Congo?

Answer: Leopold II claimed his motive was to abolish the slave trade and promote Christianity.

Question: What did Leopold II actually do in the Congo?

Answer: Leopold brutally exploited the Africans by forcing them to harvest rubber for him. (Enslaved Africans, killed many of them, etc…)

According to the MWH textbook, how many Africans did Leopold and the Belgians kill in the Congo?

Answer: The Belgians killed over 10 million Congolese.

Question: This is the policy of colonialism where Europeans sent in a foreigner to rule the Africans.

Answer: Direct control – foreigners rule; no local influence

Question: What group of people were invited to the Berlin Conference? What group of people were not invited?

Answer: European powers WERE invited. African people were NOT invited.

Question: Name two positive effects of colonialism for the Africans.

Possible Answers: Schools Medical care Infrastructure Reduced local warfare Increased lifespans Increased literacy rates

** DAILY DOUBLE!! **

Question: Explain what happened at the Maji Maji Rebellion in German East Africa. What was one result of the rebellion?

Answer: Africans sprinkled magic water on themselves thinking it would turn German bullets to water. When Germans attacked, Africans were mowed down by the thousands. Africans lost, but Germans did enact reforms to make colonialism more acceptable to the Africans.

Question: What happened at the Berlin Conference?

Answer: European powers decided how they were going to divide up Africa amongst themselves.

Question: What was the major source of wealth that Europeans found in colonizing Africa?

Answer: Raw materials for European industrialization.

Question: This is the term that refers to anything having to do with money.

Answer: Economic – having to do with money

Question: What does the term assimiliation mean?

Answer: Assimilation – policy that local populations would adopt the colonizing country’s culture and language and become like them

Question: What does political mean?

Answer: Political – having to do with the government and laws of a country

Question: How did Menelik II prepare Ethiopia to fight off the Italians?

Answer: He played European powers against each other and built up a stockpile of weapons.

Question: During what years did the Berlin Conference take place?

Answer: Berlin Conference 1884 - 1885

Question: What are 2 ways that the Belgians controlled Africans in the Congo and made sure they continued working for them?

Possible Answers: Fear Sending Congolese out to catch, kill, and cut off hands of runaways Taking women hostage, rape Burning down villages Physical violence Threatening violence

Question: This is the policy in colonization when European countries provided for local peoples’ needs but gave them no real rights.

Answer: Paternalism - policy in colonization when European countries provided for local peoples’ needs but gave them no real rights.

Question: What happened at the Battle of Adowa?

Answer: At the Battle of Adowa, Ethiopians successfully defeated the Italians and maintained their independence.

Question: What raw material did King Leopold find in the Congo that made him very rich?

Answer: Rubber.

Question: True or False: Aside from Ethiopians and the Maji Maji Rebellion, there wasn’t much other resistance to European colonization.

Answer: FALSE! There were many different places where Africans resisted colonization.

Question: This term has to do with people, culture, and customs.

Answer: Social – having to do with people, culture, and customs

Question: How many different languages and dialects did Africans speak before European colonization?

Answer: Africans spoke thousands of different languages and dialects.

Question: True or False: Africa is the continent with the largest population.

Answer: FALSE! Africa is the continent with the second-largest population in the world.

Final Round!! Each group must decide how many points they are going to wager. If you get answer correct, you win that many points. If you get answer wrong, you lose that many points. Groups must write their answers down in the time given.

Question: List one effect of colonialism for each category: Social Political Economic One positive effect for Africans

Exit Ticket