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African History Quiz
Ten questions on Africa's history beyond ancient Egypt, from ancient kingdoms and medieval trading cities to colonial conquest and the fight against apartheid.
- 10 questions
- About 3 minutes
- Medium
- Includes a map and 2 photos
About this quiz
Africa's history is much more than the story of colonial rule. Kingdoms such as Aksum, Mali, Songhai and Benin grew rich on trade across deserts and seas, and some of them were among the great powers of their age.
The quiz covers that deep history and the upheavals that followed: the Atlantic slave trade, the European scramble for territory, and the people who resisted it. Expect to learn something even from the answers you get right.
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Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference was a meeting of fourteen nations in 1884-1885 that set the rules European powers used to claim territory in Africa.
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Apartheid
Apartheid was South Africa's system of racial segregation and white-minority rule, enforced by law from 1948 until the first free election in 1994.
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Transatlantic Slave Trade
The Atlantic slave trade was the forced transport of roughly 12.5 million Africans to the Americas between the early 1500s and 1866.
