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Jeopardy 32
Africa and Imperialism
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History
10th Grade
04/03/2007

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North African coast that was home to pirates
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the Barbary Coast
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Sea that borders North Africa
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the Mediterranean
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European country that gained control of most of western North Africa
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France
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Canal built in Egypt
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the Suez Canal
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Dry region that was the southern boundary of North Africa
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the Sahara Desert
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Rich country occupied by France in 1830
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Algeria
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Country on the western end of North Africa
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Morocco
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Native, warlike peoples of North Africa
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the Berbers
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Original owner of almost half the stock of the Suez Canal company
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the Egyptian government
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Seas connected by the Suez Canal
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the Red and Mediterranean Seas
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Country that gained control of the Suez Canal in 1875
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Great Britain
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Italy's new name for its North African colony
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Libya
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Religion of North Africa before colonization
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Islam
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Country that acquired a small northern strip of Morocco
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Spain
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Country that included the site of ancient Carthage
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Tunisia
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Empire that controlled most of North Africa in the 1800s
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the Ottoman Empire
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Mountains of Morocco
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the Atlas Mountains
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Conference held to settle rivalry over Morocco
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the Algeciras Conference
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Frenchman who led the Egyptian canal-building company
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Ferdinand de Lesseps
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Egyptian city bombarded by a British fleet
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Alexandria
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Muslim "savior" whose followers fought fiercely against the British in the Sudan
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the Mahdi
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Turkish ruler of a North African state
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a dey (or bey)
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Term for Africa south of the Sahara
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sub-Saharan Africa
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Collective name of France's territories in West Africa
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French West Africa
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Area east of the Cote d'Iviore known for its gold mines
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the Gold Coast
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Belgium's large colony in west-central Africa
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the Belgian Congo
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West Africa's only independent nation
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Liberia
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Body of water that borders West Africa
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the Atlantic Ocean
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Large French territory from the Congo to the north
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French Equatorial Africa
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Largest British colony in West Africa
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Nigeria
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British journalist and explorer of the Congo River basin
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Henry Stanley
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Person who was the first European "owner" of the Congo basin area
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King Leopold II of Belgium
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Capital named after President James Monroe
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Monrovia
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Portugal's colony on western Africa's coast
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Portuguese Guinea
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Port city of Nigeria
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Lagos
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The four French settlements along the coast of Western Africa's "bulge"
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Senegal, French Guinea, Cote d'Iviore, Dahomey
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Ancient city of the western Sudan region
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Timbuktu
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The French worked inland from the western coast along this river.
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the Senegal
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Coastal area south of the "bulge" claimed by France
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the (French) Congo
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Major river basin of central Africa: site of Brazzaville
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the Congo
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Confederation of native tribes in the Gold Coast region
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the Asante
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Leader of anti-French resistance in West Africa for 16 years
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Samori Toure
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Germany's possessions in west Africa
Definition
Togo and the Cameroons
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Spanish colonies on western Africa's coast
Definition
Rio de Oro and Rio Muni
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Scottish mercenary and renowned explorer
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David Livingstone
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Journalist sent to find Livingstone
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Henry Stanley
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Stanley's famous greeting
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"Dr. Livingston, I presume?"
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Germany's protectorate in East Africa
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German East Africa
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Britain's large coastal protectorate in East Africa
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British East Africa
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Italian desert land on the Indian Ocean
Definition
Italian Somaliland
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Ocean bordering Africa's east coast
Definition
the Indian Ocean
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Sea bordering Egypt and the Sudan
Definition
the Red Sea
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Interior region invaded by Italy
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Ethiopia
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Eastern region just south of Egypt
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the Sudan
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French toehold on the Red Sea
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French Somaliland
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The only independent nation of eastern Africa
Definition
Ethiopia
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European powers that vied for possessions of the Sudan
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France and Great Britain
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Major river that flows through the Sudan
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the Nile
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Large lake bordering Uganda
Definition
Lake Victoria
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Name for the Sudan under British and Egyptian control
Definition
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
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African uprising in German East Africa
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the Maji-Maji rebellion
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Large island claimed by France
Definition
Madagascar
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Rich inland territory gained by the British from Germany
Definition
Uganda
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Italian desert land along the Red Sea
Definition
Eritrea
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Sudanese city besieged by rebelling natives for 10 months
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Khartoum
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Ethiopian emperor whose army crushed the invading Italians
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Menelik II
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Dutch settlers in southern Africa
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the Boers
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Man largely responsible for expansion of British power in southern Africa
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Cecil Rhodes
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Gems found in Cape Colony
Definition
diamonds
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Discovery of this caused a rush of people to the Transvaal.
Definition
gold
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Territory named for Rhodes
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Rhodesia
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Seaport established by the Dutch in 1652
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Cape Town
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War between the British and the Dutch settlers
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the Boer War
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Language of the Boers
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Afrikaans
Term
Union of English colonies and Boer states
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the Union of South Africa
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Portugal's colony to the north and east of South Africa
Definition
Mozambique
Term
German territory to the north and west of South Africa
Definition
German Southwest Africa
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Oldest colony in Africa, a Portuguese possession
Definition
Angola
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Spectacular falls in Zimbabwe
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Victoria Falls
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Dutch colony seized by Great Britain in the early 1800s
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Cape Colony
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The two independent Boer republics
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the Orange Free State and the Transvaal
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Rhodes's dream for Africa
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a north-south railway (through a chain of British colonies)
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Region west of the Transvaal controlled by Great Britain
Definition
Bechuanaland
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Colonies united to form the British dominion of South Africa
Definition
Cape Colony, Natal, the Transvaal, and the Orange Free State
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Natives of German Southwest Africa who rebelled
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the Hottentots and Hereros
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River of Mozambique and Rhodesia explored by Livingstone
Definition
the Zambezi
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Renowned Zulu warrior and chief of the early 1800s
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Shaka
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Another name for Mozambique
Definition
Portuguese East Africa
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