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True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
____ 1. The Kenyan struggle for independence was especially difficult because the Kikuyu people were also fighting
for independence in two other countries.
____ 2. Portuguese African colonies generally made a peaceful transition to independence and self-rule.
____ 3. South Africa received its independence from Britain in 1910.
____ 4. In Kenya, white farmers opposed independence because they feared losing land on which they grew valuable
cash crops.
____ 5. After the Cold War ended in 1989, democratic governments began to emerge in Africa because the United
States and Soviet Union no longer supported dictators friendly to their sides.
____ 6. Development loans from the World Bank helped newly-independent African nations reduce debt and develop
thriving economies.
____ 7. In the years after independence African culture disappeared.
____ 8. Many African musicians are now internationally known.
____ 9. Algeria was very important to France primarily because the colony possessed extremely valuable natural
resources.
____ 10. French prime minister Charles de Gaulle gave African leaders a choice between remaining tied to France
through the French Community or becoming completely independent.
____ 11. The FLN in Algeria targeted only French military forces and government officials in their violent campaign to
gain independence.
____ 12. The international community became sympathetic to the Zionist cause when the horrors of the Holocaust
became widely known.
____ 13. The confrontation between Gamal Abdel Nasser and Britain, France, and Israel known as the Suez Crisis did
not have anything to do with Cold War politics.
____ 14. Although Egypt was militarily defeated in October 1956, when British, French, and Israeli troops withdrew,
the Suez Crisis became a great victory for Gamal Abdel Nasser.
____ 15. Oil revenues have had uniformly positive effects on oil-rich nations in the Middle East.
____ 16. After a series of wars with its neighbors, Israel controls less land today than it did when it was created.
____ 17. In 2005, the Israeli government forced Jewish settlers to leave Gaza before it was turned over to the
Palestinians.
____ 18. UN weapons inspectors found no evidence of chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons in Iraq before a U.S.-
led force invaded in 2003.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 19. Kwame Nkrumah headed the

a. Mau Mau. c. French Community.
b. Convention People’s Party. d. Congo.
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