AFR 110 AFR110 Lesson 3 Quiz with Answers (Penn State University)

AFR 110 AFR110 Lesson 3 Quiz Answers (Penn State University)

1. Since the slave trade was abolished in the nineteenth century and slavery itself ended in the United States in the course of that century, how can we understand the true extent of slavery and the middle passage today?
2. The colonial period in Africa occurred from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries. Why are we still focusing on it today?
3. The Berlin Conference of 1884-85 was the climax of the “Scramble for Africa,” when seven countries—France, Britain, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Belgium—divided the African continent among themselves. Choose the best statement about the impact of this conference from those below.
4. The ‘Middle Passage’ refers to:
5. The slave trade was abolished by the British in 1807. This meant:
6. What motivated European naval powers such as the Portuguese, Dutch and British to sail down the West Coast of Africa and eventually into the Indian Ocean?
7. ‘The Scramble for Africa’ was the process through which:
8. Which European power established a slave-owning colony at the Cape, the southernmost point on the African continent?
9. At the Berlin Conference, this colony was granted to King Leopold of Belgium as a personal possession.
10. Why has the impact of slavery lasted so far beyond abolition?