Deck 7: From Colonialism to Decolonization

Question 1

Colonialism was a natural byproduct of European monarchs competing to expand their power and influence.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Great Britain was the first and last European colonial power.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

One reason why Africa still suffers from severe conflict is that colonial powers divided the continent along artificial lines.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The answer to the lawlessness in many African countries is economic growth.

Question 5

During the Cold War, South Africa's African National Congress was supported by the United States.

Question 6

After independence, India has been praetorian, having been ruled by generals for more than half its history.

Question 7

Nigeria was successful in keeping the states obedient by practicing clientelism.

Question 8

Nigeria's journey to independence from Britain was more painful and bloody than was that of India's.

Question 9

The rise of newly emerging countries is gradually transforming global politics in a unipolar direction.

Question 10

Colonization was often preceded by commercial enterprise.

Question 11

Which part or parts of Africa were not colonized when Africa was occupied by various colonial powers in the late nineteenth century?

A) Angola
B) Ethiopia
C) South Africa
D) South Africa and Ethiopia
E) Angola and Ethiopia

Question 12

Which was the first imperial power to lose colonies?

A)Britain
B) France
C) Portugal
D) Germany
E) Spain

Question 13

What name did French demographer Alfred Sauvy coin to denote Asia, Africa, and Latin America?

A) developing areas
B) underdeveloped areas
C) weak states
D) Global South
E) Third World

Question 14

Which African country was still ruled by a white majority when Rhodesia became Zimbabwe?

A)South Africa
B) Nigeria
C) Ethiopia
D) Ghana
E) Congo

Question 15

Why did the Organization for African Unity not redraw territorial boundaries after the end of colonial rule?

A) The United Nations asked them not to.
B) There was no need to as boundaries were already lined up along ethnic lines.
C) Too many important officials would be out of a job.
D) They had bigger worries.
E) The current boundaries were the most economically advantageous.

Question 16

Pan-Africanism is ________.

A) a movement to increase Africa's oil exports
B) a movement to embrace their colonial heritage
C) a movement to unite all of Africa
D) an effort by colonial powers to divide African lands
E) a movement to redraw African borders along ethnic lines

Question 17

Which of these countries has not engaged in a border dispute as the result of an artificial colonial boundary?

A) Iraq and Kuwait
B) Iran and Turkey
C) China and India
D) Ethiopia and Eritrea
E) Iraq and Iran

Question 18

Genocide in ________ can be attributed to colonial powers exaggerating ethnic differences between the Hutus and the Tutsis.

A)Rwanda
B) Kosovo
C) the Holocaust
D) Algeria
E) Congo

Question 19

In which country did the British force together coastal Christians and interior Muslims, creating tensions that still persist today?

A)Nigeria
B) Rwanda
C) Zimbabwe
D) South Africa
E) Sudan

Question 20

Which country is an exception to the notion that weak states typically have poor economic growth?

A) India
B) Pakistan
C) Colombia
D) Somalia
E) Sudan

Question 21

Which of the following did colonies provide imperial powers with?

A) cheap raw materials and cheap finished goods
B) cheap finished goods and additional markets
C) cheap finished goods
D) cheap raw materials and additional markets
E) good infrastructure

Question 22

While India became a stable democracy after independence from Britain, Pakistan (along with Nigeria) is best characterized as an unstable ________ state.

A) fascist
B) praetorian
C) autocratic
D) oligarchic
E) communist

Question 23

Who was the notorious corrupt, anti-communist, U.S.-backed leader of Zaire who drove the economy into the ground?

A)Joseph Mobutu
B) Patrice Lumumba
C) Laurent Kabila
D) Charles Taylor
E) Nelson Mandela

Question 24

Which African country, like many Middle Eastern countries, is able to engage in clientelism due to petroleum reserves?

A) Rwanda
B) Sudan
C) Nigeria
D) Democratic Republic of the Congo
E) Zimbabwe

Question 25

The Igbos declared an independent country called ________ in the Niger Delta during the war of 1967-1969.

A)Biafra
B) Yoruba
C) Mozambique
D) Guinea-Bissau
E) Zaire

Question 26

Which country is an important emerging economy and recently included in BRICs?

A) Nigeria
B) Pakistan
C) Iraq
D) Indonesia
E) Thailand

Question 27

The rise of developing countries into the new category of "emerging economy" indicates that the international system is likely moving in a ________ direction.

A) multipolar
B) unipolar
C) bipolar
D) counterweight
E) U.S.-China duopoly

Question 28

Which country floundered under pro-Soviet dictator Kwame Nkrumah, who called himself "The Redeemer"?

A) Sri Lanka
B) Ghana
C) Bangladesh
D) Nigeria
E) Pakistan

Question 29

Discuss the role that artificial boundaries have played and still play in African politics. What effect have these boundaries had on conflict? Can these troubles be overcome through a means other than redrawing boundaries? If so, how?

Question 30

In what areas other than Africa have colonial borders played an important role? Evaluate the effect of borders and/or border disputes in at least two countries. Address how the disputes have been resolved-that is, if they have been.

Question 31

What does the gross domestic product measure? How is it calculated? How does GDP serve as a valid indicator of prosperity for countries? Is GDP a perfect indicator of how well-off all citizens are? Why or why not?

Question 32

What is a weak state? What differentiates a weak state from a failed state? Give examples of both. What has led these particular states to be weak and failed states, respectively? Pay particular attention to the role of colonialism and its legacy.

Question 33

Discuss the direct and indirect effect of colonialism on the fate of Congo (Zaire). Additionally, discuss the effect of the Cold War and events in neighboring states on politics and events in the Congo.

Question 34

What are the major developing economies? What role do they play in global politics? Discuss some instances in which they have shown their increasing influence, particularly in situations where even the United States could not exert its authority. Will this newly found influence persist? If so, why?