Test 1 - Development Studies A

1.

1 point

First truly democratic elections were held in South Africa in 1994

True

False

2.

1 point

Long Term causes for World War I included Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and depression

True

False

3.

1 point

Christian missionaries supported imperialism

True

False

4.

1 point

The Boers surrendered in

1902

1901

1900

1903

5.

1 point

The Panther was a Gun ship

True

False

6.

1 point

Germany was blamed for starting World War I

True

False

7.

1 point

World War I began in Central Europe in late June 1914

True

False

8.

1 point

Segregation is similar to Apartheid

True

False

9.

1 point

The Balkan and Moroccan Crises is examples of short term causes for World War I

True

False

10.

1 point

CODESA stands for Conference for a Democratic South Africa

True

False

11.

1 point

Beginning of the 20th century South Africa consisted of four separate entities: two colonies of the British Empire (The Cape Colony and the Natal Colony) and two Boer Republics (The Orange Free State and the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek).

True

False

12.

1 point

Appeasement means giving in to someone, provided their demands are seen as not reasonable.

True

False

13.

1 point

The Europeans used ‘civilisation’ as an excuse for colonising the African states.

True

False

14.

1 point

The British started a policy of scorched earth to catch the Boers

True

False

15.

1 point

The Great Depression was during the 1940's

True

False

16.

1 point

The tension between the USA and USSR never spilled over into open war, thus, the term ‘Cold War’

True

False

17.

1 point

Europeans seizing Africa was called

Scramble for Africa

Settlement of Africa

Scatter for Africa

Scorching of Africa

18.

1 point

Treaty of Versailles was signed after World War I

True

False

19.

1 point

Germany was accused of causing the war and it had to pay reparations to the sum of 6.6 million pounds to compensate the war victims. They were also ordered to disarm and they were only allowed to have a small army, and six naval ships.

True

False

20.

1 point

The League of Nations (LON) was an organisation which was set up in 1920

True

False

21.

1 point

The formation of the Union of South-Africa happened on

31 May 1908

31 May 1910

31 May 1903

31 May 1900

22.

1 point

The main causes of World War II were nationalistic tensions, unresolved issues, resentments resulting from the end of World War I and the interwar period in Europe, as well as the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s

True

False

23.

1 point

By 1913, Germany had the greatest increase in military build-up.

True

False

24.

1 point

Europeans wanted raw materials like

Diamonds and gold

Diamonds and coal

Diamonds and Platinum

Gold and coal

25.

1 point

Africa suffered long-term effects, one of these were geo-political division

True

False

26.

1 point

Nationalism is regarded as the love and support of one's country

True

False

27.

1 point

One good effect which resulted from the World War II was that women could vote

True

False

28.

1 point

The Europeans created conflicts among ethnic groups that had not existed before and this led to civil wars such as the Rwandan Genocide of 1994.

True

False

29.

1 point

The largest part of the war was spent in a phase called the Guerrilla offensive.

True

False

30.

1 point

Group Areas Act led to the establishment of the homelands

True

False

31.

1 point

OAU stands for Organisation of African Unity

True

False

32.

1 point

By 1914, 2 countries where not under European control, which 2 was it

Ethiopia and Nigeria

Liberia and Ethiopia

Nigeria and Congo

Liberia and Congo

33.

1 point

When did the Berlin Conference take place

1884-85

1882-83

1883-84

1885-86

34.

1 point

Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), formed in 1961, were dedicated to acts of sabotage against the National Party government.

True

False

35.

1 point

Black Tuesday was on

30 October 1927

29 October 1929

29 October 1927

30 October 1929

36.

1 point

The Cold War was the main result of WW II.

True

False

37.

1 point

Signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was in 1950.

True

False

38.

1 point

Britain and Germany had the largest number of colonial states

True

False

39.

1 point

Formation of the OAU was in

1960

1979

1963

1961

40.

1 point

What year were Boers and the British at war with one another.

1897

1896

1899

1898

41.

1 point

One of the main causes of World War II can be listed as:

Imperialism

Nationalism

The failure of the Versailles Treaty

Militarism

42.

1 point

CODESA lasted from 1991 to 1994

True

False

43.

1 point

In the early 1800's Europeans did have a lot of influence in Africa.

True

False

44.

1 point

World War II began in September 1939

True

False

45.

1 point

Imperialism is a process in which a country increases its power and wealth through the control of other people, either through political influence, economic exploitation or the imposition of culture on another group

True

False

46.

1 point

Imperialism is the drive to create empires

True

False

Test 1 - Development Studies A - History- MGI