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This comprehensive overview explores Africa’s intricate history, focusing on the impact of colonization and the waves of independence movements throughout the continent. Key figures like Nelson Mandela, Kwame Nkrumah, and Robert Mugabe are highlighted alongside significant events such as the Rwandan Genocide and the struggle against apartheid. Additionally, current cultural issues, economic challenges, and the environmental crisis facing Africa today are examined, offering insights into the diverse realities of modern African nations.
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Africa Review Colonization & Independence Culture & Current Issues Key People Key Terms Modern Africa Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Key People • Anti-apartheid leader • Spent 26 years in jail • First black president of South Africa • Nobel Peace Prize winner
$100 Answer Nelson Mandela
$200 Question from Key People • King of Belgium • Established the Congo as his own • private colony
$200 Answer King Leopold II
$300 Question fromKey People • nationalist leader in Ghana • led independence movement in Ghana
$300 Answer Kwame Nkrumah
$400 Question fromKey People • leader of civil war in Zimbabwe • first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe • current leader of Zimbabwe
$400 Answer Robert Mugabe
$500 Question fromKey People Name at least two dictators and the country they ruled in Africa
$500 Answer Omar al-Bashir: Sudan IdiAmin: Uganda Joseph Mobutu: the Congo/Zaire Hosni Mubarak: Egypt Momar Kaddafi: Libya
$100 Question fromKey Terms System of legal racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994
$100 Answer Apartheid
$200 Question fromKey Terms Movement promoting the cultural unity of people of African heritage
$200 Answer Pan-Africanism
$300 Question fromKey Terms Deliberate and systematic extermination of a ethnic, religious, or political group
$300 Answer Genocide
$400 Question fromKey Terms Process in which fertile land is lost, as a result of drought, deforestation, or movement of soil.
$400 Answer Desertification
$500 Question fromKey Terms Two Parts: What was the meeting of European nations to decide how to colonize and divide Africa? This “race” for land was nicknamed “The _______ for _________”
$500 Answer Berlin Conference Scramble for Africa
$100 Question fromColonization/Independence Which two African lands never fell under European control?
$100 Answer Ethiopia and Liberia
$200 Question from Colonization/Independence What role did Africans play in WWI?
$200 Answer Africans fought for the allies in Africa Against the Germans but never left Africa
$300 Question fromColonization/Independence What effect did WWII have on Africa?
$300 Answer Inspired a wave of nationalism And unity across Africa
$400 Question fromColonization/Independence When looking at the various African independence movements, how did the movements in British lands differ from those in other European colonies?
$400 Answer British colonies gain independence = elections and political movements Vs Belgian and Portuguese colonies = bloody and violent
$500 Question fromColonization/Independence • What were the three main reasons for European imperialism in Africa?
$500 Answer Political Economic Cultural
$100 Question fromModern Africa • What was the name given to the following event? • 1994 violence: Hutu’s vs. Tutsi’s • Result: 800,000 deaths
$100 Answer Rwandan Genocide
$200 Question fromModern Africa • What is the name given to the following event? • 2003 Sudan : Violence between Arab Muslims in North vs. Christian Africans in South • Result: 400,000 deaths and displacement of people
$200 Answer Genocide in Darfur
$300 Question fromModern Africa What world organization played a role in trying to keep the peace and aide refugees from genocide in Africa?
$300 Answer The United Nations
$400 Question fromModern Africa Which African nation is considered not only to be one of the poorest but a modern day example of a failed nation-state?
$400 Answer Somalia
$500 Question fromModern Africa Which African nation, currently, has the best economy in Africa? Which African nation has the fastest growing economy in Africa?
$500 Answer South Africa Nigeria
$100 Question fromCulture & Current Issues • Where does the majority of the population in Africa reside? • Name the region of Africa • Name geographic locations
$100 Answer North Africa Along the coast or Along waterways
$200 Question fromCulture & Current Issues The majority (60%) of African work in what economic sector?
$200 Answer Farming/Agriculture
$300 Question fromCulture & Current Issues What are the three most common religions found in Africa today?
$300 Answer Christianity Islam Traditional African
$400 Question fromCulture & Current Issues What are three major trade goods that Africa provides to the global economy?
$400 Answer Oil, diamonds, & gold
$500 Question fromCulture & Current Issues • African faces many challenges and issues. Name four major issues facing Africa today?