New Nations in Africa and India

Practice Questions

World History › New Nations in Africa and India

Questions
10
1

Which large East African nation, home to Mount Kilimanjaro, was formed when the former German, then British mainland colony was unified with an archipelago off its coast?

2

What movement in the 1930's, started by Francophone African intellectuals stressed anti-colonialism as well as a common racial identity for all black Africans?

3

Named for an ancient West African empire, which modern nation gained independence from the British in 1957. It's first president was pan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah?

4

What was the name of the series of conflicts between the British and Dutch settlers in South Africa?

5

What former British colony, formerly known as the Gold Coast, was the first African colony south of the Sahara to achieve independence from European colonialism?

6

What was a negative consequence of the Partition of India in 1947?

7

What was the name of the Libyan colonel who took power after revolution in 1969 and ruled until he was overthrown during the Arab Spring?

8

Who were the Mau Mau?

9

What was the first sub-Saharan country to gain independence from its European rulers?

10

What form of government does Jordan have?

Return to subject