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____________________ was defined as providing proof that local Africans had formally ceded their  sovereignty  to the protecting power who declared the right to rule.

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Effective occupation

Term for identification: cash crops

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Many Africans relied on which of the following religions as an effective way to resist Europeans?


A) Christianity
B) Zoroastrianism
C) Buddhism
D) Islam
E) Jainism

F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

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Which of the following best describes the experience of the Belgian colony of the Congo?


A) A private, royal plantation that exploited natural resources and brutally treated the natives.
B) Whole agricultural districts were taken from Africans for the exclusive use of whites.
C) The colony was administered through assimilation and association.
D) The monarch of Belgium allowed Africans to be converted to Catholicism.
E) It was established as a refuge for freed Africans from intercepted slave ships after the slave trade was banned.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

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What was the most common form of  primary  resistance by the African peoples to European takeovers?


A) The Africans gathered as many people as possible to fight.
B) They focused on traditional African beliefs to maintain their cultures.
C) They usually had spontaneous attacks in response to a particular European action.
D) They united several different ethnic groups coming together to fight the Europeans.
E) The Africans tried to play the various European countries against each other.

F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

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What was the purpose of the imperialist policy of indirect rule?


A) To force Africans to convert to Christianity.
B) To assimilate Africans into European thought and culture in order to "civilize" them.
C) To force African traditional rulers to send their children to Western-style schools.
D) To make use of traditional African rulers to assist in administering the colonies.
E) To administer the colony from the European capital of the home country.

F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

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The only major European nation to lose in battle to an African army was ____________________.

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Term for identification: Scramble for Africa

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____________________ was the most famous British capitalist and private empire builder in Africa.

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Describe the underlying issues in Europe that prompted the scramble for Africa including the rivalry for new markets, strategic issues, nationalism, and the white man's burden.

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All of the following were reasons for European imperialism EXCEPT


A) England's balance of trade was in deficit because of competition from Germany and U.S. industries.
B) Europe suffered through a depression from 1873 to 1896.
C) European countries were under pressure from their parliaments.
D) Competing nationalism fueled nation building.
E) Western powers sought new markets for goods and sources of raw materials to fuel industrial plants.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

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Term for identification: effective occupation

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Which of the  following  was NOT true of the white man's burden felt by Americans and Europeans?


A) It was their duty to civilize Asians and Africans.
B) Western business people saw the ability to save Africa through the Bible and Western civilization.
C) It was a view held by the upper classes of American and European society.
D) Missionaries advocated for legitimate trade as a substitute for the slave trade.
E) It was viewed as an act of duty toward fellow humans who needed Western aid.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Which of these was NOT commonly a part of Africans' secondary resistance to the Europeans?


A) It usually involved thousands of people.
B) People from various ethnic groups banded together for the cause.
C) People came from wide regions to join in the fight.
D) Prophets of spirit-possessed cults blessed the people, promising them safety and protection.
E) Openly practicing Christianity to gain concessions.

F) D) and E)
G) None of the above

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What was the significance of the Battle of Adowa in 1896?


A) Britain defeated Germany to control Central and East Africa.
B) The war to conquer Abyssinia ended in defeat for Italy by an African army.
C) Portugal fought Germany and France to retain their old African colonies.
D) Belgium defeated the Congolese to establish a colony in the Congo.
E) Britain fought Egypt to retain control of the Suez Canal.

F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

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Term for identification: primary resistance

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King ____________________ coined the statement this magnificent African cake to refer to European imperialism on the continent.

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Which of the following best describes the attention Europeans paid to traditional African ways?


A) disgust
B) intense study
C) disregard
D) emulation
E) embraced

F) C) and E)
G) All of the above

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The idea that Europeans had the obligation to bring the benefits of civilization to Africans and Asians was expressed as the ____________________.

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Explain the role of European women in Africa during imperialism.

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