SAT II World History : Africa from 1900 C.E. to Present
Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SAT II World History
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Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Africa From 1900 C.E. To Present
Haile Selassi reigned from 1930 to 1974 as the emperor of which African nation?
Kenya
Liberia
Egypt
Ethiopia
Morrocco
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He is notable for his defense of Ethiopia against Mussolini's Italian invasion and for modernizing Ethiopia into the twentieth century.
Example Question #11 : Africa And Southwest Asia
The Union of South Africa was primarily a direct result of __________.
the construction of the Suez Canal
the Treaty of Tordesillas
the Second Boer War
the fall of the British Empire after World War Two
the Berlin Conference
the Second Boer War
The Union of South Africa was a direct result of the conclusion of the Second Boer War, in which the British Empire defeated the Afrikaner settlers of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic. The Union of South Africa would later become the Republic of South Africa and would be dominated by apartheid policies and racial disorder until the early 1990s.
Example Question #12 : Africa And Southwest Asia
The Second Boer War, 1899-1902, was fought between ________.
British and Afrikaners
Afrikaners and South Africans
South Africans and Dutch
British and South Africans
British and Americans
British and Afrikaners
The Second Boer War was fought between the British Empire and Afrikaner settlers of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic. It ended in victory for the British Empire, but did little to change the social, political, or economic situation in South Africa.
Example Question #192 : 1900 C.E. To Present
The independence of Ghana (Gold Coast) in 1957 demonstrates __________.
the beginning of African decolonization
how uninterested European powers were in their African colonies
the end of French colonization
the ability of democracy to prosper in newly independent nations
the direct involvement of America in African decolonization
the beginning of African decolonization
Leader Dr Kwame Nkrumah eventually named himself President for Life in Ghana a few years after independence. Ghana was a former-British colony, and European powers had mixed feelings about their imperial holdings and were not often eager to let them go (see, for instance: Algeria and Kenya). America played less of a role in Ghanan independence, but they did send congratulations to Ghana once they achieved it.
Ghana was the first of the European African colonies to gain independence in the era of decolonization that began after World War II.
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