Africa: The Road to Independence WebQuest
You will be using the websites listed below to complete this WebQuest. All of your answers should be written in your HIT Notebook under the heading "Set 6: African Independence Movements" and a single PDF of those pages will be submitted to the assignment.
Independence Movements:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index.shtml
On the left-hand side, click on Independence.
Answer the following questions using information/evidence from the website to support your answers.
1. What countries in Africa were independent following World War II?
2. Describe the situation facing South Africa following World War II.
3. What problems did these African nations face when attempting to gain independence?
On the left side of the website, now click on Towards Independence.
4. Why and how did the independence movement in India have an impact on African independence?
5. How did the United States and the Soviet Union view colonization?
On the left side of the website, click on Case Study: Algeria.
6. What reasons did the Algerians have for their independence from the French?
Read “A SENEGALESE VIEW OF THE ALGERIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE”
7. What are your impressions of this former French soldier’s experience?
8. Do you agree or disagree with his actions? Why or why not.
On the left side of the website, now click on Case Study: Kenya.
9. Why did the British declare a state of emergency in Kenya in 1952?
10. How did this movement for independence differ from the independence movement in India? In Algeria?
On the left side of the website, now click on Post Independence.
11. What were some of the problems associated with decolonization?
12. List the African countries that had disagreements over borders.
13. List some of the unforeseen factors beyond the control of African leaders during
or following the decolonization process.
Apartheid in South Africa:
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html
14. What is apartheid?
15. When did it begin?
16. What was the name of the political party that invented apartheid?
17. What were blacks required to carry at all times?
18. What was the purpose of the Bantu Authorities Act established is 1951?
19. What was the reaction by the South Africa government after the Sharpeville incident?
Nelson Mandela
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1993/mandela/biographical/
20. What organization did Mandela belong to and what was their purpose?
21. What was Mandela charged with eac22h time he was arrested?
22. How long was Mandela in prison after his last arrest?
23. What happened in 1993
Rwandan Genocide
http://www.missmeller.com/hutu-and-tutsi.html
24. What group is the majority group? How much of the population do they make up?
25. What group is the minority group? How much of the population do they make up?
26. What are the differences between these groups?
27. Who decided they were different and why?
28. What similarities are there?
29. Why are the Hutu’s upset? Why could this cause conflict?
http://www.missmeller.com/conflict.html
30. What is the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)?
31. Look at Picture 1. This was the Rwandan president whose plane was shot down on April 6. The Tutsis were immediately blamed for this. Do some research and find out who more than likely killed the president.
32. Why was the machete the weapon of choice in Rwanda?
33. As the violence got worse, what did the United Nations decide to do? What was the United States response?
34. Look at picture 3. This is one of the most famous images that showed the brutality of this genocide. How do you think this man was able to survive?
35. Describe the situation by July 16, 1994. How did the genocide come to an end?
Independence Movements:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index.shtml
On the left-hand side, click on Independence.
Answer the following questions using information/evidence from the website to support your answers.
1. What countries in Africa were independent following World War II?
2. Describe the situation facing South Africa following World War II.
3. What problems did these African nations face when attempting to gain independence?
On the left side of the website, now click on Towards Independence.
4. Why and how did the independence movement in India have an impact on African independence?
5. How did the United States and the Soviet Union view colonization?
On the left side of the website, click on Case Study: Algeria.
6. What reasons did the Algerians have for their independence from the French?
Read “A SENEGALESE VIEW OF THE ALGERIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE”
7. What are your impressions of this former French soldier’s experience?
8. Do you agree or disagree with his actions? Why or why not.
On the left side of the website, now click on Case Study: Kenya.
9. Why did the British declare a state of emergency in Kenya in 1952?
10. How did this movement for independence differ from the independence movement in India? In Algeria?
On the left side of the website, now click on Post Independence.
11. What were some of the problems associated with decolonization?
12. List the African countries that had disagreements over borders.
13. List some of the unforeseen factors beyond the control of African leaders during
or following the decolonization process.
Apartheid in South Africa:
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html
14. What is apartheid?
15. When did it begin?
16. What was the name of the political party that invented apartheid?
17. What were blacks required to carry at all times?
18. What was the purpose of the Bantu Authorities Act established is 1951?
19. What was the reaction by the South Africa government after the Sharpeville incident?
Nelson Mandela
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1993/mandela/biographical/
20. What organization did Mandela belong to and what was their purpose?
21. What was Mandela charged with eac22h time he was arrested?
22. How long was Mandela in prison after his last arrest?
23. What happened in 1993
Rwandan Genocide
http://www.missmeller.com/hutu-and-tutsi.html
24. What group is the majority group? How much of the population do they make up?
25. What group is the minority group? How much of the population do they make up?
26. What are the differences between these groups?
27. Who decided they were different and why?
28. What similarities are there?
29. Why are the Hutu’s upset? Why could this cause conflict?
http://www.missmeller.com/conflict.html
30. What is the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)?
31. Look at Picture 1. This was the Rwandan president whose plane was shot down on April 6. The Tutsis were immediately blamed for this. Do some research and find out who more than likely killed the president.
32. Why was the machete the weapon of choice in Rwanda?
33. As the violence got worse, what did the United Nations decide to do? What was the United States response?
34. Look at picture 3. This is one of the most famous images that showed the brutality of this genocide. How do you think this man was able to survive?
35. Describe the situation by July 16, 1994. How did the genocide come to an end?