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What religion did the Arabs
bring to Africa?
Islam
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What is the name given to the local
beliefs of the Swahili?
Mila
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What religion, which believes that spirits are found in natural
objects, is followed by the
Bantu?
Animist
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Why was learning Arabic
important to the Muslims?
The Quran is written in
Arabic.
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In addition to their traditional religion, what two additional
religions are followed by the Ashanti people
today?
Christianity and Islam
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In what part of Africa do most Muslims live
today?
Mediterranean Coast (northern
and eastern Africa)
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In what country do the Ashanti
live?
Ghana
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What Arabic word means “one who
lives on the coast?”
Swahili
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What structure has allowed
Egypt to have year-round irrigation?
Aswan Dam
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What is another name for the Democratic
Republic of the Congo?
Zaire
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Who was the leader of the independence movement in
Kenya?
Joseph Kenyatta
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What leader of Kenya was threatened
economically if the country did not
improve the civil rights of its
people?
Daniel arap Moi
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Who was South Africa’s first
black president?
Nelson Mandela
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Who was the president of
South Africa who began the repeal
of apartheid?
F.W. de Klerk
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What was the name of the
supreme god of the Ashanti?
Nayme
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What was the reason for the
earliest European interest in
Africa?
To obtain slaves
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Besides slaves, what other
interest did Great Britain have
in Africa?
Protecting the transportation routes to the
British territories in India and Asia
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What Africans did some European countries use to
enforce their policies, e.g., collecting taxes, running businesses?
Local chiefs
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What was the name for the form of government in
which Europeans used Africans to administer their
colonies?
Indirect Rule
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What are three European
countries that had colonies in Africa?
Belgium, Great Britain, France, Netherlands,
Germany
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After what war did Africans begin to
openly oppose European control of their countries?
World War II
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How many African nations were
independent by 1960?
27
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Why did many of the boundaries of the new African countries cause
problems?
The boundaries often split tribes
and kinship groups.
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What criteria was most often used to draw boundaries
for the new African nations?
Old colonial boundaries
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What was the goal of the Pan-
African movement?
To end European control and make
Africa a homeland for all people of African
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What term is used to describe the
desire of a country to acquire colonies
as a symbol of power?
Imperialism
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What is a term that means to give up one’s customs for those of another
country?
Assimilation
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What name was given to Dutch
settlers in South Africa?
Boers
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What is apartheid?
The legal separation of the
races
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What is a dowry?
Money or gifts a groom and his family give to the bride and
her parents as a wedding gift
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Final Question
What native tribe occupied the land to
which the Dutch moved when the
British took control of South Africa in the early 1800s?
Zulus
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