Deck 4: Africa in the Era of Expansion

Question 1

Until the 19th century, to what did most Europeans restrict their interest in Africa?

A)missionary activity
B)colonization
C)trade
D)political domination
E)exploration

Answer 1

trade

Question 2

How did Islam establish itself  in western Africa?

A)by coexisting with pagan rites
B)by legally persecuting animists
C)by wars of conquest
D)by imperial decree
E)by being the only accepted religion

Answer 2

by coexisting with pagan rites

Question 3

What pest made traveling inward from the African coast especially difficult?

A)lice
B)tsetse fly
C)gnat
D)locust
E)cockroach

Answer 3

tsetse fly

Question 4

Which of the following was NOT part of the Lakes Kingdoms?

A)Bunyoro-Kitara
B)Karagwe
C)Kilwa
D)Buganda
E)Burundi

Question 5

What two areas of Africa were the primary sources for slaves?

A)West Africa and West Central Africa
B)East Africa and North Central Africa
C)South Africa and Madagascar
D)North Africa and West Central Africa
E)South Africa and West Africa

Question 6

Which of these was NOT descriptive of the African continent?

A)The mortality rate for visiting Europeans was probably higher than that for slaves being taken to the Americas.
B)Coastal African traders often exaggerated tales of many savages lying in wait for any intruders who might venture away from the coast.
C)Europeans could not take their animals into the interior, because the diseases that killed men also killed horses and mules.
D)Most rivers running toward the coast have now been determined to be fairly easy to navigate, despite the warnings of the original traders.
E)The Africans lacked knowledge in military and technological matters.

Question 7

Which one of the following African states was NOT based on trade and Islam?

A)Buganda
B)Futa Toro
C)Futa Jallon
D)Bornu
E)Hausa

Question 8

What was the role of the Sarki in West Africa?

A)a trading station near coastal ports
B)a local king of Buganda
C)a local king of the Hausa city-states
D)a spiritual leader with some political power
E)a local king of the Kingdom of Kongo

Question 9

From what region did the first slaves purchased by Europeans come?

A)the Senegal River
B)western Sahara
C)equatorial Guinea
D)the Congo
E)Zanzibar

Question 10

What was the main factor(s)contributing to the harsh slaving raids that took place within Africa?

A)the gold with which Europeans purchased slaves
B)the firearms the Europeans introduced into the continent
C)long-running rivalries between African kingdoms
D)the use of Christianity to justify their actions
E)the fact that most Africans were Muslim

Question 11

All of the following were true of the Bornu kingdom EXCEPT

A)It had its origins in the loosely organized Kanem state.
B)Ruling dynasties of the state included the Sefawa and Mai.
C)It had an economy based on control of the caravan routes.
D)It was overthrown by Moroccan forces.
E)It was a pious Muslim kingdom that promoted literacy and law.

Question 12

During the period known as the Informal Empire, what was the level of the Europeans' involvement in Africa?

A)The Europeans settled only the Mediterranean coast.
B)The Europeans remained only in coastal areas.
C)They eagerly sought the interior of Africa as a colonial interest.
D)They fought many wars for control with Arab Muslims.
E)The Europeans settled only the Cape Town area of South Africa.

Question 13

Which of the following was the most accurate description of early European trading centers in Africa?

A)Europeans usually made more profit from the trading than did the African leaders.
B)The factories, as they were called, existed on all of Africa's coastlines.
C)There were no factories in the interior of the African continent.
D)White traders often accompanied the African leaders back to their homes in the interior to gather more goods.
E)Most of the items Europeans purchased from Africans could have been bought elsewhere, but they were much cheaper in Africa.

Question 14

Which country was most responsible for convincing other countries to end the slave trade in the early 1800s?

A)Egypt
B)Portugal
C)United States
D)Buganda
E)Britain

Question 15

By the end of the 18th century, what was the European attitude concerning slavery?

A)decided to do away with slavery in the British Isles
B)decided to put most of its colonizing efforts into the Indian subcontinent
C)developed a conscience about slavery
D)had been convinced by the French that they should get out of the slave business
E)already stopped the slave trade, Parliament having passed a law against it in the same year that the United States ended the Civil War

Question 16

Which of the following events allowed the British to take over the slave trade and dominate it until 1807?

A)founding of the Royal African Company
B)founding of the Dutch East India Company
C)founding of the British East India Company
D)establishment of the Anti-Slavery Movement
E)founding of the Royal Niger Company

Question 17

What would best describe some of the major accomplishments of Askia Muhammad the Great?

A)Askia Muhammad the Great was a devout supporter of Christianity.
B)He put only Africans practicing native beliefs in important governmental positions.
C)Askia Muhammad the Great built many mosques and subsidized book production.
D)Askia Muhammad the Great supported education in the Bible.
E)He was the longest-living and most significant Swahili leader.

Question 18

Who were the Boers?

A)an important tribe in Zaire
B)Dutch settlers in southern Africa
C)rulers of a great kingdom centered in Zimbabwe
D)an uneducated, dull, and generally boring people
E)farmers from France who settled Rhodesia

Question 19

Which of the following defines the term marabout ?

A)A local king who governed the Hausa city-states.
B)The leader of the Muslim scholars who held some political power.
C)A king of the Kingdom of Kongo who ruled from Mbanza Congo.
D)A spiritual leader who in some circumstances had great political power.
E)A leader of holy men who lived in a monastery complex among the Berbers.

Question 20

What is the best description of the jihad of Abd al-Qadir?

A)The jihad began in the 1840s and lasted until the death of Abd al-Qadir in 1853.
B)Abd al-Qadir successfully defended Algeria against the French for about fifty years.
C)It ended almost as quickly as it began, with terrible losses for the African Muslims.
D)In many ways it predicted the Algerian war for independence a century later.
E)It was actually a thinly-disguised attempt by al-Qadir to seize political control of Algeria.

Question 21

The ____________________ was the Nilotes' spiritual leader who could, in some circumstances, have great political power.

Question 22

From what area did all coastal trade in East Africa go through?

A)Arab Muslims
B)the British
C)Mali
D)Zanzibar
E)the Dutch

Question 23

The Niger, Congo, and Nile were the only three major rivers of Africa that were ____________________ very far inland, and then only at certain times.

Question 24

By the late 1800s, the French and the British had carved ____________________ in West Africa.

Question 25

In the ____________________, Boers marched from the Cape to settle in the interior of southern Africa.

Question 26

What were the items of interest for the British and Boers in South Africa?

A)slaves and gold
B)diamonds and gold
C)silver and coal
D)emeralds and diamonds
E)silver and gold

Question 27

Which African group was involved in a military stalemate with the Boers in southern Africa?

A)the army of Mali
B)Great Zimbabwe tribes
C)the Zulu
D)the Swahili
E)Songhay slave traders

Question 28

In 1847, in the north African country of  ____________________, the French subordinated the native Arabs and Berbers.

Question 29

After expelling the Portuguese, the ____________________ occupied all points of the coast north of Mozambique.

Question 30

Which missionary, despite the dangers, undertook travel into the interior of Africa in the 19th century?

A)David Livingstone
B)Henry Morton Stanley
C)René Caillé
D)Richard Francis Benton
E)Heinrich Baroth

Question 31

The perception that Africa had little to offer the world except slaves changed dramatically when ____________________ were discovered at Kimberly.

Question 32

The plantation economy of East Africa was originally based on the cultivation of which item?

A)cloves
B)sugarcane
C)elephants for ivory
D)opium
E)grain

Question 33

After the establishment of the Zanzibar Sultanate, Sayyid Sáid and his successors took control of which geographical part of Africa?

A)the area around Cape Town
B)the Khoisan and Transvaal regions
C)a substantial part of Great Zimbabwe
D)the Swahili coast of East Africa
E)most of the Atlantic coast

Question 34

What led to the Great Trek?

A)British soldiers moved to the interior of Africa to meet Zulu warriors.
B)Zulus and Belgians clashed in Central Africa.
C)Dutch settlers moved northward in South Africa to escape domination by the British.
D)The Dutch moved northward through South Africa searching for gold.
E)The British moved into Dutch territory to seize gold holdings there.

Question 35

Where did the Boers establish settlements?

A)Graf Reinet and Timbuktu
B)Stellenbosch and Graf Reinet
C)Kilwa and Bagamoyo
D)Zanzibar and Mombasa
E)Tambora and Kilwa

Question 36

Because of the high mortality rate, West Africa was often called the ____________________.

Question 37

The ____________________ were the first Europeans to become involved in the slave trade.

Question 38

Which of the following was NOT true of the Swahili peoples of East Africa?

A)Those who lived in urban areas usually converted to Islam.
B)The main reason for their city-states was commercial.
C)The Swahili traded up and down Africa's east coast as well as far into the interior.
D)Slave trading was never a large part of the Swahili trade network.
E)Many Swahili who lived in remote areas never converted to the Islamic faith.

Question 39

____________________ was the leader of the Zulu people in South Africa.

Question 40

Which of the following describes the coastal cities of East Africa in the 19th  century?

A)already had centuries of trading history at the time they were put under Omani rule
B)were already part of Christian culture
C)had never before experienced foreign contacts
D)were enclaves of Arab colonists
E)exported no slaves

Question 41

Describe the various states that existed in Africa prior to the arrival of Europeans including geographical, political, and economic aspects.

Question 42

Term for identification: marabout

Question 43

Term for identification: Great Trek

Question 44

Term for identification: Zanzibar Sultanate

Question 45

Term for identification: Coloureds

Question 46

How profoundly did European imperialism impact Africa? Give specific examples to support your statements.

Question 47

Analyze the African slave trade. Describe its extent, evaluate its implementation, and assess its repercussions. Include information on African, Arab, and European participation in the trade.

Question 48

Term for identification: Hausa

Question 49

Term for identification: Trekboers

Question 50

Term for identification: Omani Arabs

Question 51

Term for identification: Zulu War

Question 52

Compare and contrast various European groups and their perceptions of Africa. How did the areas they ventured into shape their experience?

Question 53

Term for identification: Anti-Slavery Movement

Question 54

Compare and contrast North, South, West, and East Africa in their relationship with Europeans including aspects of conflict and trade.

Question 55

Describe the era of Informal Empire and European contact with interior and exterior African peoples.

Question 56

Term for identification: Buganda