UNIVERSITE DE LOME ANNEE ACADEMIQUE 2022-2023

FACULTE DES LETTRES, LANGUES ET ARTS SEM. 3- ANG213 : AFRICAN CIV.

DEPARTEMENT D’ANGLAIS
EXAMEN DE FIN DE SEMESTRE
DUREE: 02 HEURES

Section One: Choose the correct answer to the following proposals. You are
required to choose only the alphabet that corresponds to the correct
answer.(09pts)
Example: The capital Town of Togo is: A- Kara; B-Blitta; C-Mango; D-Lome
The correct answer is: D

1- The university college of the Gold Coast, now the University of Ghana was
established in : A-1948; B-1949; C- 1950; D-1957
2- The French set up the Pasteur Institute of Dakar in A-1896; B-1897; C-
1898; D-1805
3- Some of the educated Africans were referred derisively to as black
Englishmen or Frenchmen because
A-They copied uncritically all that was European;
B- They were more intelligent than the Europeans themselves;
C- They controlled the finances of the European powers;
D- They were very rich
4- The policy of Lingua Franca used by the colonial powers was necessary
because
A- It helped various ethnic groups with different languages to communicate
effectively;
B- It favored the development of the indigenous languages;
C-it caused the outburst of the First World War;
D-it made the Europeans’ rule and exploitation more difficult
5- The Indirect Rule was extended to Gambia when A- Palmer; B- Lugard; C-
Guggisburg; D-Bismark was the governor of the colony.
6- The two reasons why Britain adopted the Indirect Rule are: (01pt)
A-Indirect Rule was expensive; B-Indirect Rule did not guarantee cultural
freedom; C-Both A and B
D- Neither A nor B
7- Choose among the following causes of the scramble, the one that was the
most salient? (01pt)
A- Large scale production of goods needing markets outside Europe.
B- Drift from rural to urban centers.
C- Accumulation of capitals that needed to be reinvested in more
productive ventures
D- The Industrial Revolution in Britain.
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 8- In which of the following countries was the Fourah Bay college built:
(01pt)
A- Ghana. B- Senegal; C-Kenya; D- Sierra- Leone
9- France d’Outre-Mer means: (01pt)
A-British Colonies under French control
B-French Colonies under British control
C-Colonies not yet conquered by France
D-.France Overseas Colonies under French control

Section Two: Answer the questions below by True or False (06pts)

10- The Legitimate commerce and Cultural penetration policy without
political control adopted by Britain failed because there were other
European Powers competing with her. True or False
11- European powers encouraged the production of food crops to the
neglect of cash crops during colonization. True or False.
12- One of the reasons why Europeans were not interested in venturing
into Africa before 1880 was the fear of contracting malaria. True or False.
13- Some colonial powers settled in their colonies in order to relive their
countries of the excessive population. True or False.
14- The colonial powers in Africa followed an economic policy that was
intended to benefit the colonizing powers more than the colonial territories.
True or False.
15- Senegal was the only colonial territory where the French assimilation
policy was applied to its best. True or False
Section Three (05pts)
16- Complete the chart below with the missing information. (02pts)=
0.5pt per column.
Colonial Territory Lingua Franca Colonial Power

Morocco
Kenya

17- Give the two main reasons why the Berlin Conference was
summoned? (02pt)
18- The European Powers applied two main methods to acquire colonial
territories. What are they (the two methods)? (01pt)