Year 9

What was Empire and why is it challenging to uncover the experience of it?

Year 9

What was Empire and why is it challenging to uncover the experience of it?

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will get an overview of European empires in Africa and begin to understand why uncovering the experiences of the colonised is both important and challenging.

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5 Questions

Q1.
In which century did the "Scramble for Africa" begin?
17th
18th
Correct answer: 19th
20th
Q2.
Which British colonialist was responsible for the colonisation of Zimbabwe and South Africa?
Correct answer: Cecil Rhodes
General Gordon
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Salisbury
Q3.
What is meant by the term 'legacy'?
Something that is forgotten after an event.
Correct answer: Something that is left behind after an event.
Something which is necessary for an event to take place.
Something yet to be created by an event.
Q4.
Kwame Nkrumah led which African nation to independence?
Botswana
Egypt
Correct answer: Ghana
Kenya
Q5.
What is meant by the term 'audience' to a historian analysing a source?
Correct answer: Those for whom the source was written at the time.
Those who listen to the historian when they present their findings.
Those who listen to the historian whilst they are researching the source.
Those whom the historian first shares the source with, once it is discovered.