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Quiz for Working with Evidence: The Scramble for Africa

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Source 18.1: Prelude to the Scramble

Source 18.2: Conquest and Competition

Source 18.3: From the Cape to Cairo

Source 18.4: British and French in North Africa

Choose the best answer to each question.

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1. How do Prelude to the Scramble (Source 18.1) and From the Cape to Cairo (Source 18.3) differ?

In Source 18.1 Europeans are portrayed as dominating the African continent.

In Source 18.3 Africans instead of Europeans dominate the image.

In Source 18.1 Africa is portrayed as an exotic land with many varied cultures.

In Source 18.3 Africa is portrayed as a dangerous land capable of resisting European power.

1. How do Prelude to the Scramble (Source 18.1) and From the Cape to Cairo (Source 18.3) differ?

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2. What can an observer infer about the role of native Africans in French colonial conquests in Conquest and Competition (Source 18.2)?

Indigenous Africans served in the French colonial army as foot soldiers.

Indigenous Africans were armed with inferior guns in comparison to their European counterparts.

Some indigenous Africans became officers in the French colonial army.

Indigenous Africans were drafted unwillingly into the French army.

2. What can an observer infer about the role of native Africans in French colonial conquests in Conquest and Competition (Source 18.2)?

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3. The artists of both Conquest and Competition (Source 18.2) and From the Cape to Cairo (Source 18.3) use which technique to depict their main subject as a heroic figure?

They include a national flag next to their main subject.

They depict their main subject as a benevolent, even fatherly, figure in his relations with indigenous Africans.

They present their main subject engaged in a moment of violent conflict.

They depict their main subject as larger than life.

3. The artists of both Conquest and Competition (Source 18.2) and From the Cape to Cairo (Source 18.3) use which technique to depict their main subject as a heroic figure?

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4. Why are the French and British soldiers depicted as friends in British and French in North Africa (Source 18.4)?

The image represents the alliance between the British and French that resulted in the conquest of Morocco in 1907.

The image depicts the crucial role that French forces played in helping the British suppress a rural revolt in Egypt in 1906.

The image represents an African perspective on European colonial control of North Africa.

The image represents the perspective of Europeans opposed to the colonial conquests of their governments.

4. Why are the French and British soldiers depicted as friends in British and French in North Africa (Source 18.4)?

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5. What does the image of Cecil Rhodes in Source 18.3 suggest about his goals for Africa?

To promote transcontinental travel

To convert all Africans to Christianity

To transform Africa into a colonial market for British manufactured goods

To expand the British empire from one end of Africa to the other

5. What does the image of Cecil Rhodes in Source 18.3 suggest about his goals for Africa?