Which countries have emerged as independent states in the decades since decolonization?
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Which of the following accurately describes how Africa’s difficult disease environment affected European imperialism?
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Which of the following countries are landlocked?
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Which of the following countries does NOT share a border with the Democratic Republic of Congo?
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Which of the following does NOT constitute a potential source of information for studies in African history?
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Which of the following geographical features played a role in thwarting European intrusion into the African continent for many centuries?
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Which of the following socio-political developments did NOT play a role in fostering African studies in the 1950s and 1960s?
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Which of the following statements most accurately describes Africa’s contemporary borders?
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Why was the abolition of the slave trade and slavery by several European countries in the 19th century significant for African history?
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Which of the following statements best describes the status of African history as a respected academic discipline?
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What role did scientific racism play in the colonization of Africa?
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Which of the following accurately describes the relationship between colonial governments and Christian missionaries in Africa?
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Which of the following circumstances did NOT play any role in the decision-making processes of African leaders with respect to their responses to the colonization of Africa?
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Which of the following is NOT a rationale to explain Europe’s colonization of Africa?
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Which of the following most accurately reflects the role of technological advances in the colonial conquest of Africa?
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Which of the following principles was NOT articulated in the treaty produced by the Berlin Conference of 1885?
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Which of the following statements best reflects the economic motivations for Europe’s colonization of Africa?
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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the nature of African responses to the colonization of Africa?
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Which of the following was NOT a feature of Europe’s “civilizing mission” in Africa?
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Which of the following European states were the primary colonizers of Africa?
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Which battle secured the independence of Ethiopia in 1898?
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Which of the following best describes the goal of Cecil Rhodes and other British imperialists in acquiring new African colonies?
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Which of the following colonial states was NOT a part of the Portuguese Empire?
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Which of the following East African countries were colonized by France?
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Which of the following explanations for the relative weakness of the Portuguese Empire during the Scramble for Africa is false?
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Which of the following statements best describes the response of Muslim leaders to French rule in West Africa?
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Which statement best describes the methods used to extract resources employed by King Leopold’s regime in the Congo Free State?
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Which statement best describes the objective of France’s assimilation policy in its African colonies?
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Which statement best describes the process of German colonization in East Africa?
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Which statement does NOT accurately describe the process of British colonization in West and East Africa?
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Which of the following states remained politically independent during the colonial period in Africa?
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How did the system of governance used in British colonies affect ethnic divisions in Africa?
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What did the French government require from Africans seeking citizenship rights and civil status?
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What did the rebellions led by John Chilembwe in Nyasaland, the Chimurenga revolts in Rhodesia, and the Aba Women’s Revolt have in common?
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Which of the following does NOT represent a social consequence of colonialism?
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Which of the following measures were successful policy tools for European colonial administrations to meet their economic goals?
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Which of the following statements best describes the origins of the Madhist movement in Sudan?
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Which of the following statements is correct regarding the writings “The White Man’s Burden” and The Black Man’s Burden?
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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the development of African economies during colonialism?
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Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the development of infrastructure during colonialism in Africa?
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Which term did Sir Frederick Lugard use to describe Great Britain’s colonial policy in Africa?
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Which type of colonial rule placed a strong emphasis on the maintenance of law and order?
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What did the Maji-Maji Uprising and the Herero/Nama War have in common?
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Choose the best answer to fill in the blank of the following sentence: The French government’s war against the independence movement in ____________ shaped France's approach to the question of decolonization in Africa.
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What did France propose to its overseas colonies in the 1958 constitutional referendum?
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What political idea did Marcus Garvey employ to call for the liberation of African colonies?
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What was “negritude?”
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Which of the following statements best describes the military involvement of Africans in the Second World War?
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Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the nature of Pan-Africanism?
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Which of the following techniques was NOT employed by African workers seeking to challenge colonial economic policies?
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Which statement about the Treaty of Versailles best describes the position of Africans at the negotiation table?
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Which statement accurately describes an effect of the end of the wars in Africa?
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Which statement best characterizes the political role of trade unions in post-1945 colonial Africa?
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Which statement best describes the gendered division of labor that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s in colonized African societies?
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Which statement best describes the political strategy employed by trade union members and political activists in France’s West African empire after the Second World War?
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Which statement best describes the strategy employed by W.E.B. Du Bois and the Pan-African Congress at the Treaty of Versailles negotiations?
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Which statement best describes the treatment of African soldiers and workers at the end of World War I?
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During the First and Second World Wars, who were the Tirailleurs Senegalais?
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Which of the following statements best describes relations between European settlers and the indigenous peoples of South Africa before 1700?
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Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of passbooks in apartheid South Africa?
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Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe a response of black South Africans to discrimination before 1910?
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Which of the following statements does NOT express a major grievance of the Afrikaners who left the Cape of Good Hope after 1836?
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Which statement best describes the history of the African National Congress (ANC) before 1970?
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Which statement best describes the impact of trade unionism on race relations in South Africa during the apartheid period?
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Which statement best describes the meaning of the term “mfecane?”
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Which statement best describes the objective of the 1913 Native Land Act?
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Which statement best describes the political effect of mineral discoveries on South Africa during the nineteenth century?
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Which statement best describes the political settlement reached between Great Britain and the Afrikaner states in South Africa?
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Which statement best describes the purpose of native land reserves in apartheid South Africa?
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Which statement best describes the role of Shaka Zulu in South African politics?
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Which statement most accurately describes the outcome of the Anglo-Boer War (South African War)?
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Which European state first established a colony in South Africa?
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How did the two superpowers of the Cold War, the USSR and U.S., contribute to the post-independence conflict in Angola?
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What historical concept provided the ideological basis for post-independence experiments in “African Socialism?”
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What political-economic theory was adopted by many “Third World” leaders to challenge the ideas of Modernization theory during the 1960s and 1970s?
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What role did South Africa play during and after the Angolan war for independence against Portugal?
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Which of the following statements about the causes of the assassination of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in 1961 is true?
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Which of the following statements accurately describes how Mobutu Sese Seko came to power in the Republic of the Congo, which he renamed Zaire?
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Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe one of Idi Amin’s policies in Uganda?
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Which of the following statements was NOT an aspect of “neocolonialism” in Africa?
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Which of the following typically is NOT considered to be a political legacy of colonialism?
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Which statement best characterizes the approach of Western governments and aid organizations operating under the idea of Modernization theory in the 1960s in Africa?
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Which statement best characterizes the relationship between Jomo Kenyatta and the Mau-Mau?
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Which statement best describes the goals and organization of the Mau-Mau movement in Kenya?
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Which statement best describes the international strategy employed by Kwame Nkrumah following Ghana’s independence in 1957?
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Which statement best characterizes the role of Sekou Toure in the 1958 constitutional referendum?
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What event precipitated the 1994 genocide in Rwanda?
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What function did the Truth and Reconciliation Commission serve in post-apartheid South Africa?
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Which foreign power intervened on behalf of the Hutus in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide?
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Which leader replaced Mobutu Sese Seko as President of Zaire and renamed the country the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
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Which of the following commodities was most responsible for fueling civil war and ethnic conflict in Sierra Leone and Liberia during the late 20th and early 21st centuries?
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Which of the following migration patterns was most responsible for the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa?
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Which of the following statements best describes one negative effect of foreign development aid given to post-conflict countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
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Which of the following statements best describes the social effects of high structural debt in sub-Saharan African countries?
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Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe the effects of the end of the Cold War on Africa?
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Which of the following statements does NOT describe an environmental challenge facing African states in the 21st century?
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Which statement best characterizes the methods and goals of the “structural adjustment” programs enacted in African states by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
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Which statement best characterizes the nature of ethnic conflicts in recent African history?
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Which statement best describes the process that ended apartheid rule in South Africa?
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Which of the following factors did NOT contribute to the debt crisis of the 1980s?
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