POLI 371 - MIDTERM 1
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, What are the 4 main claims of Nina Wilen's analysis about what the West gets wrong about Africa? -
Answer: 1. Africa is not a country
2. Africans are not passive victims
3. African populations are not always represented by their leaders
4. Western states are not perceived as the Samaritans they would like to be
Pre-colonial - Answer: Period before Europeans arrived in large numbers and took power; Millennia of
dynamic African political/societal activity and change including interactions with non-Africans
(Europeans, Persians, Arabs, Indians, Ottomans/Turks, Chinese...)
Colonial - Answer: Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political,
economic, and cultural principles in another territory; Period of expansion of European authority across
continent via conquest, settlement, and protectorates
Post-Colonial - Answer: Occurring or existing after the end of colonial rule; Independent African states
(ranges from 1950s to 2011) with a couple of exceptions: Abyssinia, Liberia 1847
What kinds of socio-political systems could be found in Africa before significant European contact? -
Answer:
Berlin Conference 1884-85 - Answer: -Final Scramble for Africa
-"Spheres of Influence"
-Congo Free Trade area
-Reqs for "effective occupation"
-Aligned European states withphilanthropist ideals: "3 Cs" Commerce; Christianity; Civilization
Religion (C=Christianity) - Answer: -Christian missionaries often the first contact
-Religious conversion plus schooling
-Denigration of traditional spiritual beliefs & practices(but often adaption/ integration of both by
adherents)
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, What are the 4 main claims of Nina Wilen's analysis about what the West gets wrong about Africa? -
Answer: 1. Africa is not a country
2. Africans are not passive victims
3. African populations are not always represented by their leaders
4. Western states are not perceived as the Samaritans they would like to be
Pre-colonial - Answer: Period before Europeans arrived in large numbers and took power; Millennia of
dynamic African political/societal activity and change including interactions with non-Africans
(Europeans, Persians, Arabs, Indians, Ottomans/Turks, Chinese...)
Colonial - Answer: Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political,
economic, and cultural principles in another territory; Period of expansion of European authority across
continent via conquest, settlement, and protectorates
Post-Colonial - Answer: Occurring or existing after the end of colonial rule; Independent African states
(ranges from 1950s to 2011) with a couple of exceptions: Abyssinia, Liberia 1847
What kinds of socio-political systems could be found in Africa before significant European contact? -
Answer:
Berlin Conference 1884-85 - Answer: -Final Scramble for Africa
-"Spheres of Influence"
-Congo Free Trade area
-Reqs for "effective occupation"
-Aligned European states withphilanthropist ideals: "3 Cs" Commerce; Christianity; Civilization
Religion (C=Christianity) - Answer: -Christian missionaries often the first contact
-Religious conversion plus schooling
-Denigration of traditional spiritual beliefs & practices(but often adaption/ integration of both by
adherents)
