chapter 15 vocabulary quiz

Question 1

Colonialism

Answer 1

Conquest of one or more nations by another nation

Question 2

Imperialism

Answer 2

Dominance and power asserted by one nation over less powerful nations

Question 3

Gathering

Answer 3

Economic system that allowed more Africans to access wealth by harvesting the continent’s natural resources

Question 4

Menelik

Answer 4

Ethiopian ruler who replaced his poorly trained volunteer army with well-equipped and well-trained soldiers; built factories to build modern military equipment

Question 5

Samori Ture

Answer 5

Developed a modern army with current weapons to defend Wassoulou Empire

Question 6

Wassoulou

Answer 6

Empire in Africa lead by Samori Ture that resisted European colonization

Question 7

Fante Confederation

Answer 7

African organization formed in 1868 by african pastors and teachers to maintain self-rule

Question 8

David Livingstone

Answer 8

Most famous european explorer in Africa; presented the need for missionaries in Africa

Question 9

Victoria Falls

Answer 9

Discovered by livingstone as he followed the Zambezi River

Question 10

Henry Stanley

Answer 10

A welsh reporter that found David Livingstone at Lake Tanganyika

Question 11

Robert Moffa

Answer 11

One of the earliest missionaries from the British Empire to serve in Africa; translated the Bible and other works into one of the African languages

Question 12

Samuel Ajayi Crowther

Answer 12

The first African Bishop in the Anglican Church; Translated the Bible into the Yoruba language

Question 13

Yoruba

Answer 13

African language into which Samuel Ajayi Crowther helped translate the bible

Question 14

Second French Colonial Empire

Answer 14

Began in 1830 with the invasion of Algeria in North Africa; stemmed from a desire to have colonies

Question 15

International African Association (IAA)

Answer 15

Supposedly humanitarian organization run by King Leopold of Belgium but one that actually encouraged the harsh treatment and torture and African slaves

Question 16

Belgian Congo

Answer 16

The territory in the interior of Africa along the Congo River

Question 17

John Africanus Horton

Answer 17

Disproved the claims that the black man was racially inferior; wrote Wests African Countries and Peoples: A Vindication of the African Race

Question 18

Scramble for Africa

Answer 18

The rush for European conquest of Africa

Question 19

Macemba

Answer 19

African king of the Yao tribe who wrote eloquently to the German authorities and refused to submit to a treaty with them

Question 20

Berlin Conference

Answer 20

Where European powers established key agreements in phase two of the Scramble for Africa

Question 21

Maxim gun

Answer 21

A rapid-firing gun used by the Europeans in World War I

Question 22

Infrastructure

Answer 22

Network of facilities and structures needed for travel communication