Chapter 34 Africa 1. Which of the following is not a correct pairing of colony and ruling nation?

A) Libya, Italy

B) Morocco, France

C) Angola, Portugal

D) Guinea, Great Britain

2. Jomo Kenyatta led the independence movement in ____________

A) Kenya.

B) South Africa.

C) the Gold Coast.

D) Rhodesia.

3. To enforce apartheid laws, the white-ruled government of South Africa controlled ____________

A) whom blacks married.

B) where blacks lived.

C) where blacks went to school.

D) all of the above

4. One instance of recent violence in Africa has been between ____________

A) the Algerian government and Islamic guerrillas.

B) the Libyan army and Biafran rebels.

C) Christians and Muslims in Kenya.

D) all of the above

5. The Nigerian economy was weakened in the 1980s by ____________

A) an intense civil war.

B) an invasion from Zaire.

C) the loss of oil revenues.

D) international terrorism.

6. What was the basis of the civil conflict in Rwanda?

A) an attempt to overthrow the Belgians

B) a struggle between two major ethnic groups

C) a religious conflict

D) a struggle between Communists and fascists

7. The takeover in Ethiopia by rebel forces in 1991 led to ____________

A) a Marxist dictatorship in both countries.

B) a split between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

C) widespread genocide.

D) a loss of European aid to Ethiopia.

8. Nelson Mandela is noted for ____________

A) repealing apartheid laws.

B) granting political rights to all South Africans.

C) reconciling blacks and whites in South Africa.

D) advocating socialism for South Africa.

9. The principal goal of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) is to encourage ____________

A) cooperation among African nations.

B) the development of a new form of colonialism.

C) socialism.

D) multiparty systems of government.

10. To build strong economies in their nations, African leaders must ____________

A) expand literacy.

B) become more urbanized.

C) export more cash crops.

D) depend on foreign loans.