Chap 29 - Africa & Middle East Flashcards
After the decolonization of Africa, European domination continued most strongly in
a. Burundi
b. Uganda
c. Sierra Leone
d. the Union of South Africa
d.the Union of South Africa
The first formal political party in black Africa was the
a. Kikuyu Central Association
b. National Congress of British West Africa
c. Kenya African National Union
d. Convention People’s Party
d.Convention People’s Party
In Swahili, the word for “freedom” is
a. zairi
b. wabenzi
c. mau
d. uhuru
d.uhuru
Where was the African National Congress formed?
a. Mozambique
b. South Africa
c. Ghana
d. Zimbabwe
b.South Africa
Most black African nations achieved independence during the
a. 1940s and 1950s
b. 1930s and 1940s
c. 1960s and 1970s
d. 1950s and 1960s
d.1950s and 1960s
Like the leaders of the new states in South and Southeast Asia, most postcolonial African leaders came from the
a. rural elite
b. urban middle class
c. rural lower class
d. elite urban class
b.urban middle class
A basic tenet of pan-Africanism was belief in
a. tribalism
b. desertification
c. negritude
d. socialism
c.negritude
ccording to Aime Cesaire, a leading ideologist of pan-Africanism, African culture emphasized
a. Both of these answers
b. emotional expression and a common sense of humanity
c. rational thought and material achievement
b.emotional expression and a common sense of humanity
“Neocolonialism” refers to Western domination maintained by
a. military means
b. economic means
c. social means
d. politician means
b.economic means
Who was the author of the Arusha Declaration of 1967?
a. Jomo Kenyata
b. Albert Ojuka
c. Julius Nyerere
d. Samora Michel
c.Julius Nyerere
Which African nation(s) adopted Soviet-style Marxism-Leninism in the 1970s?
a. Ethiopia
b. Angola and Kenya
c. Tanzania and Angola
d. Kenya
e. Ethiopia and Angola
e.Ethiopia and Angola
What was apartheid?
a. native dissent
b. racial segregation
c. communal investment
d. urbanization
b.racial segregation
Who was the first black president of South Africa?
a. Desmond Tutu
b. Nelson Mandela
c. F. W. de Klerk
d. Idi Amin
b.Nelson Mandela
Who is the author of The Interpreters?
a. Buchi Emecheta
b. Wole Soyinka
c. Ama Ata Aidoo
d. Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
b.Wole Soyinka
Zionists supported the foundation of
a. pan-Arabism
b. Palestine
c. the Arab League
d. Israel
d.Israel
