History Activity: Imperialist Expansion in Africa

History activity, aimed at students in the ninth year of elementary school, with questions developed about the imperialist expansion in Africa.

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Imperialist expansion in Africa

1) The sovereignty of the African peoples disappeared in the last decades of the 19th century. In a short time, almost the entire African continent passed into the hands of the European powers during the imperialist expansion, with the exception of:
a) Ethiopia and Egypt
b) Nigeria and Angola
c) Tunisia and Sudan
d) Ethiopia and Liberia

2) After the definition of rules for the partition of Africa at the Congress of Berlin, between 1884 and 1885, until the end of the 19th century, each of the European nations involved built their colonial empire in Africa, conquering kingdoms and empires through in:

a) military expeditions, friendship treaties or protection of African leaders
b) wars and territorial disputes
c) military expeditions and violent takeovers
d) agreements between military rulers

3) In order to control the fierce dispute between the participants of the Berlin Congress, it was decided that the sharing would be defined by:
a) territorial conquests
b) economic growth conditions
c) areas of influence
d) skills to govern urban centers

4) From its factories on the coast, France extended its domain over a region that ran from the Atlantic to the interior, following the course of the river:
a) Nile
b) Niger
c) Euphrates
d) Black

5) The territories that formed the British Empire in Africa were immense. From their bases located in Gambia, the Gold Coast and the Slave Coast, the British extended their domain towards the interior, creating the colonies of:
a) Algeria, the Gold Coast and the Gambia
b) Nigeria, the Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and the Gambia
c) Somalia, Sierra Leone and Algeria
d) Nigeria, Somalia, Gold Coast and Sierra Leone

6) Portugal, with the dominion of the former colonies of Angola and Mozambique, claimed sovereignty over a wider territory and obtained, in addition to this, a strip of land in West Africa, which came to compose The:
a) Portuguese Guiana
b) Portuguese Gambia
c) Portuguese Island
d) Portuguese Guinea

7) Germany also obtained its share in the division of West Africa, conquering territories that gave rise to the colonies:
a) Togo and Cameroon
b) Cameroon and Libya
c) Algeria and Congo
d) Congo and Somalia

Per Camila Farias.

At answers are in the link above the header.

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