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African Modern History
Do you know the most important events and figures in the modern history of Africa?
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Last updated: February 28, 2022
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1.
At which conference held in 1884 was it agreed that the imperial powers could claim African colonies?
Munich Conference
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Berlin Conference
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Marseilles Conference
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Paris Conference
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2.
The Maji Maji Rebellion, was an armed rebellion of Islamic and animist Africans against whose rule in East Africa?
German
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British
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French
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Dutch
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3.
Beside Liberia what was the only country in Africa that remained free of European colonisation by 1914?
Sudan
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Ethiopia
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Angola
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Algeria
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4.
Haile Selassie I was the Emperor of which African country from 1930 to 1974?
Morocco
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Algeria
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Ethiopia
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Uganda
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5.
Apartheid is the name of the policy that governed relations between the white and the nonwhite people in which country?
Angola
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South Africa
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Egypt
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Rwanda
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6.
Who was the leader of Egypt during the Suez Crisis in 1956?
Hosni Mubarak
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Anwar Sadat
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Muhammed Naguib
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
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7.
Who played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony into an independent republic?
Robert Mugabe
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Nelson Mandela
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Patrice Lumumba
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Idi Amin
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8.
Since 1960 Democratic Republic of the Congo was colony of which country?
Belgium
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France
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Germany
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Spain
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9.
Which African political was imprisoned on Robben island for 18 years?
Patrice Lumumba
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Idi Amin
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Muammar Gaddafi
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Nelson Mandela
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10.
Which African country was known as unrecognized state of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979?
Zimbabwe
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Zambia
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Namibia
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Botswana
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11.
Muammar Gaddafi was a revolutionary and dictator of which country from 1969 until 2011?
Algeria
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Egypt
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Cuba
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Libya
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12.
Idi Amin was infamous dictator of which African country?
Rwanda
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Zimbabwe
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Angola
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Uganda
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13.
Which African country was known as Zaire from 1971 to 1997?
Angola
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Niger
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Cameroon
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D.R. Congo
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14.
Amilcar Cabral was one of Africa's foremost anti-colonial leaders until his assassination in 1973. Where was he from?
Guinea-Bissau
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Senegal
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Namibia
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Ethiopia
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15.
Which African country was known as Dahomey until 1975?
Ivory Coast
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Senegal
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Benin
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Cameroon
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16.
Who was dictator of Zimbabwe from 1980 until 2017 and who ruled until age 93?
Nelson Mandela
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Patrice Lumumba
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Idi Amin
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Robert Mugabe
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17.
Which African leader was assassinated during the annual victory parade held in Cairo in 1981?
Idi Amin
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Habib Bourguiba
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Anwar Sadat
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Muammar al-Gaddafi
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18.
Which African country was known as Upper Volta until 1984?
Mauritania
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Burkina Faso
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Sudan
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Chad
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19.
Which country accepted responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing when Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed in 1988?
Algeria
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Libya
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Tunisia
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Somalia
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20.
Before its independence in 1990, what was the name of Namibia?
French South-West Africa
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German South-West Africa
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Belgian South-West Africa
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British South-West Africa
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21.
Where did Black Hawk Down incident occur in 1993?
Tunisia
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Somalia
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South Sudan
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Ethiopia
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22.
In which African country did the genocide of the Tutsi people take place in 1994?
Rwanda
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Kenya
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South Africa
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Uganda
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23.
Kofi Annan was the 7th Secretary-General of the UN from 1997 to 2006. Where was he from?
South Africa
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Ghana
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Cameroon
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Senegal
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24.
The US embassies in which two African countries were bombed in 1998?
Algeria and Tunisia
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Egypt and Libya
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Kenya and Tanzania
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Namibia and Botswana
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25.
In which country a series of anti-government protests were triggered against autocratic regimes in 2010?
Tunisia
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Egypt
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Libya
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Yemen
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26.
What was the name of a series of anti-government protests that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s?
Arab Winter
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Arab Fall
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Arab Summer
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Arab Spring
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27.
What long-time Egyptian president was overthrown during the revolution of 2011?
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
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Hosni Mubarak
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Anwar Sadat
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28.
In which African country Ebola outbreak started in 2014?
Guinea
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Morocco
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Ethiopia
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Tanzania
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29.
Which former African footballer was elected for the president of his country in 2018?
Didier Drogba
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Roger Milla
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Abedi Pele
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George Weah
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30.
Which African country changed its name to Eswatini in 2018?
Guinea
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Swaziland
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Lesotho
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Benin
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DwarvinBishnu
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Dec 15, 2022
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