Question 1

What economic an d political problems do the diverse people of Africa still face?

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Answers would include a discus

Question 2

Migratory labor developed in Africa during the last of the colonial era because

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A) the Europeans took the only jobs within their own colonies. 
B) work was almost impossible to find except in cities, in mines, and on plantations. 
C) Europe had introduced a cash economy, and Africans had to go where the paying jobs were. 
D) Both A and B are correct. 
E) Both B and C are correct. 
A) the Europeans took the only jobs within their own colonies. 
B) work was almost impossible to find except in cities, in mines, and on plantations. 
C) Europe had introduced a cash economy, and Africans had to go where the paying jobs were. 
D) Both A and B are correct. 
E) Both B and C are correct.

Question 3

Term for identification: Jean-Bedel Bokassa

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Jean-Bedel Bokassa was a Central African

Question 4

Small farmers and herdsmen who comprise the majority in tropical African countries

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A) suffered most from the price collapse of the 1970s. 
B) have been able to prosper in recent years. 
C) have seen absolutely no increase in their yields despite the Green Revolution. 
D) have found it necessary to take jobs in the cities. 
E) have had to start guarding their fields because so many people are wandering through the countryside filled with hunger. 
A) suffered most from the price collapse of the 1970s. 
B) have been able to prosper in recent years. 
C) have seen absolutely no increase in their yields despite the Green Revolution. 
D) have found it necessary to take jobs in the cities. 
E) have had to start guarding their fields because so many people are wandering through the countryside filled with hunger.

Question 5

The fir st president of the first country freed in Africa was ____________________; the state was ____________________, and the year was ____________________.

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Kwame Nkru

Question 6

In th e first years of independence, most African countries had leaders who

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A) attempted to return their countries to a more familiar tribal government. 
B) had collaborated with the colonial powers. 
C) believed it was necessary to implement a dictatorship in the short term in order to have democracy later. 
D) had been educated in Europe and believed that only they were capable of ruling effectively in the new states. 
E) came from the minority tribes in their countries, and wanted to ensure that tribalism did not prevail again. 
A) attempted to return their countries to a more familiar tribal government. 
B) had collaborated with the colonial powers. 
C) believed it was necessary to implement a dictatorship in the short term in order to have democracy later. 
D) had been educated in Europe and believed that only they were capable of ruling effectively in the new states. 
E) came from the minority tribes in their countries, and wanted to ensure that tribalism did not prevail again.

Question 7

Which of these was never tried in post-colonial Africa?

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A) Parliamentary constitution. 
B) Military dictatorship. 
C) Rule by consensus. 
D) Absolute monarchy. 
E) Democratic elections. 
A) Parliamentary constitution. 
B) Military dictatorship. 
C) Rule by consensus. 
D) Absolute monarchy. 
E) Democratic elections.

Question 8

Term for identification: kleptocracies

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The term "kleptocracies" refers to gover

Question 9

Conditions set by international lenders to compel ____________________ reforms by African governments in return for loans are termed SAPs.

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The answer of Conditions set by international lenders to compel...

Question 10

Term for identification: monoeconomies

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The term "monoeconomies" refers to econo

Question 11

What was one of the positive signs of progress in every newly independent African country?

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A) Each country had resolved the drug abuse problem. 
B) Each country had contained the AIDS epidemic. 
C) Each country had a stable economy and government. 
D) Each country had its own university. 
E) Each country was out of debt. 
A) Each country had resolved the drug abuse problem. 
B) Each country had contained the AIDS epidemic. 
C) Each country had a stable economy and government. 
D) Each country had its own university. 
E) Each country was out of debt.

Question 12

Pan-Africanism

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A) began in the US and Caribbean. 
B) influenced the decolonization process. 
C) encouraged a sense of racial unity and strength. 
D) All of the options are correct. 
E) None of the options are correct. 
A) began in the US and Caribbean. 
B) influenced the decolonization process. 
C) encouraged a sense of racial unity and strength. 
D) All of the options are correct. 
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 13

Although it failed in Africa, the ____________________ system was based on British precedents of a parliamentary government with interplay of a majority party and a loyal opposition.

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The answer of Although it failed in Africa, the ____________________...

Question 14

The white settler colonies such as Rhodesia and Kenya

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A) threw Europeans out of their lands and regained control as soon as decolonizing began. 
B) had to fight the Europeans for several years before the colonizers gave up and left. 
C) witnessed black against black fighting freedom as freedom fighters took up arms against those they labeled "collaborators." 
D) did not gain their independence until the late 1980s. 
E) found it necessary to go to Britain and address Parliament to get people to listen to their complaints. 
A) threw Europeans out of their lands and regained control as soon as decolonizing began. 
B) had to fight the Europeans for several years before the colonizers gave up and left. 
C) witnessed black against black fighting freedom as freedom fighters took up arms against those they labeled "collaborators." 
D) did not gain their independence until the late 1980s. 
E) found it necessary to go to Britain and address Parliament to get people to listen to their complaints.

Question 15

Compare and contrast different nations in Africa in their experience with independence.

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Answers would include a discussion of de

Question 16

Highly touted Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs)have turned out to be

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A) used by dictatorial leaders to divert much needed funds to their own use. 
B) not very helpful, because most recipients take the money associated with the loan and never carry out the reforms they are supposed to make. 
C) one means of getting rid of power-hungry individuals in a few places. 
D) helpful in countries that want to implement major reforms. 
E) most useful to women who need startup money for new businesses. 
A) used by dictatorial leaders to divert much needed funds to their own use. 
B) not very helpful, because most recipients take the money associated with the loan and never carry out the reforms they are supposed to make. 
C) one means of getting rid of power-hungry individuals in a few places. 
D) helpful in countries that want to implement major reforms. 
E) most useful to women who need startup money for new businesses.

Question 17

Which of these occurred during the 1980s?

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A) Prolonged droughts in Somalia and Sudan. 
B) Civil wars in Egypt and Nigeria. 
C) Nelson Mandela elected president of South Africa. 
D) The independence of Eritrea. 
E) Founding of the Organization for African Unity. 
A) Prolonged droughts in Somalia and Sudan. 
B) Civil wars in Egypt and Nigeria. 
C) Nelson Mandela elected president of South Africa. 
D) The independence of Eritrea. 
E) Founding of the Organization for African Unity.

Question 18

Which of the following has not contributed to African economic missteps since independence?

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A) Misguided notions of establishing national prestige. 
B) Desire for personal enrichment. 
C) Desire to spread the benefits to as many citizens as possible. 
D) Frequent use of bribery. 
E) The misuse and/or theft of much foreign aid money. 
A) Misguided notions of establishing national prestige. 
B) Desire for personal enrichment. 
C) Desire to spread the benefits to as many citizens as possible. 
D) Frequent use of bribery. 
E) The misuse and/or theft of much foreign aid money.

Question 19

In Ke nya, the Land and Freedom Army were know as the ____________________ by the British.

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The answer of In Ke nya, the Land and Freedom...

Question 20

In post-colonial Africa, concentration on export crops and timber has seriously disrupted the African ____________________ balance.

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The answer of In post-colonial Africa, concentration on export crops...

Exam 49: Africas Decolonization and Independence

What economic an d political problems do the diverse people of Africa still face?

Migratory labor developed in Africa during the last of the colonial era because

Term for identification: Jean-Bedel Bokassa

Small farmers and herdsmen who comprise the majority in tropical African countries

The fir st president of the first country freed in Africa was ____________________; the state was ____________________, and the year was ____________________.

In th e first years of independence, most African countries had leaders who

Which of these was never tried in post-colonial Africa?

Term for identification: kleptocracies

Conditions set by international lenders to compel ____________________ reforms by African governments in return for loans are termed SAPs.

Term for identification: monoeconomies

What was one of the positive signs of progress in every newly independent African country?

Pan-Africanism

Although it failed in Africa, the ____________________ system was based on British precedents of a parliamentary government with interplay of a majority party and a loyal opposition.

The white settler colonies such as Rhodesia and Kenya

Compare and contrast different nations in Africa in their experience with independence.

Highly touted Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs)have turned out to be

Which of these occurred during the 1980s?

Which of the following has not contributed to African economic missteps since independence?

In Ke nya, the Land and Freedom Army were know as the ____________________ by the British.

In post-colonial Africa, concentration on export crops and timber has seriously disrupted the African ____________________ balance.

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Rome From City-State to Empire

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