Quiz Flashcards
Who found living stone ?
Henry Stanley
Scottish doctor / missionary in Africa who was lost for 30 years
David living stone
How did Stanley greet living stone when finding him?
“Dr. Living stone I presume”
When did the Berlin conference meet to divide Africa?
1884/5
Partition
Divide
Worlds largest dessert
Sahara
Egypt was a __ protectorate?
British
What canal joined Mediterranean and red seas, shortcut between Europe and Asia
Suez Canal
Suez Canal
Reduced trip by 5,000 miles from Europe to Asia
Libya was taken as colony
Italy
Who defeated the Italians ?
Ethiopia
Who colonized central Africa and Congo river area in Belgium?
King Leopoldo II
What was the main issue in South Africa
Racial equality
Settlers of Cape Town
Dutch (Netherlands) Afrikaners
Another name for Afrikaners
Boers
Afrikaners/boers , Dutch farmers moved in where?
Great trek
Who did Afrikaners battle?
Zulus
Who was Zulus king?
Shaka
Who won Anglo-Boer war?
British
What started over gold and diamonds
Cecil Rhodes
Liberia
Independent because of US ties
Liberia and ethopia
Only 2 African nations free of European domination during Age of Imperialism
Imperialist profited, imposed taxes, brutal discipline and death for Africans, Africa exploited for slaves,raw materials, labor. African culture decline, Christianity enforced
African imperialism