Name: Africa Today 9 Instructions: Use the map to answer the questions that follow. E U R O P E Caspian Sea Algiers Tunis Rabat Casablanca MOROCCO ALGERIA TUNISIA Tripoli Mediterranean Sea Alexandria A S I A Tropic of Cancer WESTERN SAHARA T H E M A G H R E B LIBYA N O R T H A F R I C A S A H A R A D E S E R T Cairo EGYPT Nile MAURITANIA CAPE Nouakchott NIGER Red Sea MALI VERDE Praia R. Niger ERITREA WEST CHAD Dakar Khartoum SENEGAL Asmara Banjul T H E S A H E L GAMBIA Bamako BURKINA Niamey Chad Bissau SUDAN DJIBOUTI Ouagadougou Djibouti GUINEA BISSAU GUINEA N'Djamena BENIN NIGERIA Conakry Addis Abbaba GUINEA RAINFOREST Freetown Abuja IVORY ETHIOPIA Ibadan SIERRA LEONE COAST Porto Novo CENTRAL N SOUTH SUDAN Monrovia Abidjan Accra Lome CAMEROON REPUBLIC Bangui Juba LIBERIA TOGO Douala GHANA SOMALIA Malabo Yaounde EQUATORIAL GUINEA CENTRAL UGANDA Bata EAST Mogadishu Kampala Equator SÃO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE Libreville CONGO KENYA Sao Tome Mbandaka GABON CONGOLESE Kigali Victoria Nairobi RAINFOREST INDIAN RWANDA Brazzaville Bujumbura Mt. Kilimanjaro Kinshasa DEMOCRATIC BURUNDI REPUBLIC OF Matadi THE CONGO TANZANIA Dar es Salaam 0 ATLANTIC Africa Today 0 1000 Km 1000 Miles Tropic of Capricorn Walvis Bay Luanda ANGOLA Huambo NAMIBIA Likasi Lubumbashi MALAWI ZAMBIA Lusaka Lilongwe Bulawayo BOTSWANA Windhoek Gaborone KALAHARI Pretoria DESERTJohannesburg Maputo Mbabane Orange SOUTH SWAZILAND Maseru Cape Town R. Congo SOUTHERN White Nile Harare ZIMBABWE Durban LESOTHO Blue Nile L. Malawi MOZAMBIQUE COMOROS SEYCHELLES Moroni Antananarivo MADAGASCAR Questions: 1. Which major bodies of water border Africa? www.choices.edu Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University The Choices Program
10 Name: 2. Which two continents are closest to Africa? 3. List three major topographical features on the African continent (for example, the names of major rivers, deserts, or forests). 4. List three countries in North Afric 5. List three countries in East Afric 6. List three countries in West Afric 7. List three countries in Central Afric 8. List three countries in Southern Afric The Choices Program Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University www.choices.edu
Name: 11 Africa in the Late Nineteenth Century Instructions: Use the map to answer the questions that follow. To Europe Caspian Sea Algiers Tunis Tropic of Cancer Casablanca MOROCCO ALGIERS Mediterranean Sea Tripoli Benghazi Cairo T H E M A G H R E B TRIPOLITANIA CYRENAICA FEZZAN EGYPT Marzuq R. Nile Saint-Louis Banjul Freetown To Europe and the Americas S A H A R A D E S E R T Red Sea DAKAR Timbuktu R. Niger FULA KORDOFAN KANEM Khartoum T H E S A H E L Chad TUKULOR YATENGA WADAI MAHDIST GURMA FULANI STATE MAMPRUSI SAMORI DAGOMBA ASANTE YORUBA ETHIOPIA FANTE IGBO Calabar Cape Coast Bonny BENIN BABUA Equator FANG BUNYORO BUGANDA BUDJA KIKUYU CONGOLESE ANKOLE KAMBA GABON RAINFOREST Victoria LUNDA MAASAI ATLANTIC RUANDA BURUNDI Tanga Dar es Salaam Luanda BAKONGO MATAMBA SWAHILI YEKE HEHE Benguela KASANJE LUBA NGONI Malawi YAO LUNDA KATANGA KAARTA MACINA Africa on the Eve of the Berlin Conference BORNO R. Congo KAZEMBE Blue Nile R. White Nile R. Mt. Kilimanjaro Mombasa To Middle ZANZIBAR East, Asia and Europe Kilwa INDIAN Trade Routes Territories controlled by: British Empire Under African rule Portuguese Empire LOZI KALAHARI DESERT MARAVI BUTWA GAZA Tropic of Capricorn MERINA KINGDOM French Empire Ottoman Empire 0 1000 Miles 0 1000 Km Cape Town To Europe and Asia GRIQUA Orange R. SWAZI ZULU ORANGE FREE STATE CAPE COLONY Port Elizabeth Questions: 1. Which regions of Africa conducted international trade? (Hint: use the regions referred to on the map Africa Today. ) www.choices.edu Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University The Choices Program
12 Name: Which regions of the world did Africans trade with? 2. To which continents was Timbuktu connected by trade? 3. List five coastal cities that conducted international trade. If any of these cities were controlled by an empire include it in parentheses. For example, Cape Town (British Empire). d. e. 4. List four major African empires, kingdoms, or societies and describe where they are located. For example, Tukulor Empire, West Afric d. 5. What parts of the continent did Europeans claim? Using this map, make a general statement about the location of European territories in Africa in the nineteenth century. The Choices Program Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University www.choices.edu
Name: 13 Africa in 1914 Instructions: Use the map to answer the questions that follow. Caspian Sea SPANISH MOROCCO TUNISIA MOROCCO ALGERIA Mediterranean Sea Tropic of Cancer RIO DE ORO T H E M A G H R E B LIBYA EGYPT R. Nile S A H A R A D E S E R T CAPE VERDE THE GAMBIA FRENCH WEST R. Niger T H E S A H E L Chad ANGLO- EGYPTIAN SUDAN Blue Nile R. Red Sea ERITREA FRENCH SOMALILAND BRITISH SOMALILAND PORT GUINEA SIERRA LEONE GUINEA RAINFOREST NIGERIA FRENCH EQUATORIAL White Nile R. OF ETHIOPIA ATLANTIC Africa in 1914 Under African rule Territories controlled by: Britain Spain 0 France LIBERIA Portugal Germany 0 1000 Km TOGOLAND GOLD COAST SÃO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE Equator SPANISH GUINEA Belgium Italy Modern Borders 1000 Miles CABINDA KAMERUN FRENCH EQUATORIAL ANGOLA R. Congo CONGOLESE RAINFOREST SOUTH WEST KALAHARI DESERT Orange R. BELGIAN CONGO UNION OF SOUTH NORTHERN RHODESIA BECHUANALAND SOUTHERN RHODESIA UGANDA Victoria Mt. Kilimanjaro GERMAN EAST L. Malawi BASUTOLAND MOZAMBIQUE SWAZILAND BRITISH EAST Tropic of Capricorn ITALIAN SOMALILAND SEYCHELLES NYASALAND MADAGASCAR Questions: 1. Which European countries controlled territory in Africa? www.choices.edu Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University The Choices Program
14 Name: 2. Which two European countries claimed the most territory? 3. Which African countries were independent in 1914? (Hint: Look for regions under African rule.) 4. Using the reading and your knowledge of history, what major world event began in 1914? How did the end of this event change the map of colonial Africa? 5. Compare the map of 1914 with the map of the late nineteenth century. Find two African empires or societies that were split between more than one colony by 1914. Find two African empires or societies that were contained within a single colony in 1914. (You may find it helpful to draw the boundaries of African societies onto the 1914 map.) Empires split between colonies: Empires contained within a single colony: 6. Estimate how much of the African continent Europe claimed prior to 1880 (nineteenth-century map). (For example, 10 percent, 50 percent, 90 percent, et) 7. Estimate how much of Africa fell under European rule by 1914. 8. Compare the map of 1914 with the map of Africa today. How do you think the boundaries of colonial territories shaped the boundaries of countries on the continent today? The Choices Program Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University www.choices.edu