Unit 21: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Africa & the Middle East
Topic 21.10: Africa under colonialism (1890–1980) Questions
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Choose the correct answer: Who designed the system of indirect rule used in Northern Nigeria, governing through the Sokoto Caliphate Emirs?
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Choose the correct answer: What event in 1929 saw Igbo women protest against Warrant Chiefs and rumoured taxation, resulting in over 50 deaths?
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Choose the correct answer: In which French colony's four communes could some African residents hold full French citizenship and elect a deputy to the French parliament?
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Choose the correct answer: In which year did the Gold Coast achieve independence as Ghana?
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Choose the correct answer: Which political party did Kwame Nkrumah found in 1949 to demand 'Self-Government Now'?
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In what year did Britain declare Kenya a full Crown Colony?
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Which territory achieved self-government from Britain in 1923, enabling settlers to pass the 1930 Land Apportionment Act?
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Which British scheme, launched in Tanganyika between 1947 and 1951, failed due to poor planning and unsuitable soil?
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What was the main purpose of Kenya's kipande system, introduced in 1915?
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Evaluate the reasons why Kenya became a settler colony while Tanganyika did not.
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Discuss the impact of indirect rule on Tanganyika under the British Mandate.
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To what extent was land the main grievance of Africans against British rule in Kenya and Southern Rhodesia?
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Examine the reasons why decolonisation occurred earlier in Tanganyika than in Kenya.
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The Maji Maji Rebellion (1905-1907) took place in which German-ruled territory?
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Compare and contrast the systems of colonial rule established by Britain in Nigeria and by France in Senegal.
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Analyse the reasons why Nigeria's constitutional development between 1946 and 1960 was shaped by regional rather than national unity.
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Examine the causes of the Aba Women's War of 1929 in Southern Nigeria.
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Evaluate the impact of Frederick Lugard's system of indirect rule on Northern Nigeria.
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Discuss the reasons why the Gold Coast became the first Sub-Saharan African colony to achieve independence.
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To what extent was Kwame Nkrumah responsible for the Gold Coast's achievement of independence in 1957?
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