Africa, 1918–1939
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Tabulate the division of Africa among European states as of 1939.
Britain: Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt (influence), the Union of South Africa (a dominion); France: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco; Belgium: Congo; Italy: Libya, Ethiopia (from 1936); Portugal: Angola, Mozambique.
2
Write positive and negative effects of colonial rule in a T-chart (infrastructure, forced labour, etc.).
Positive: railways, ports, schools; negative: forced labour, discrimination, artificial division of territories and cultures.
3
Name four countries of North Africa where national movements existed.
Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya.
4
Explain the meaning of Pan-Africanism in two or three sentences.
The idea of the unity of African peoples, the fight against discrimination and independence.
5
Why does one date in the textbook (ANC 1920) need correcting? From what kind of source could you check it?
The ANC was founded in 1912; it can be checked in a reliable encyclopedia or scholarly source on ANC history.