african politics final

kizh and acjachemen

according to the syllabus, what native american nations are long-term residents of the land that uci sits upon?

white people

according to binyavanga wainaina, “[t]he biggest taboo in writing about Africa is to describe

or show dead or suffering..”

according to Binyavanga Wainaina, when writing about Africa, “always end your book with ____ saying something about rainbows or renaissances”

Nelson Mandela

3

according to prof olufemi taiwo, the status quo of referring to pre-colonial africa divides african history into how many parts?

egypt, ethiopia, and liberia

according to prof oluefmi taiwo, the status quo of referring to pre-colonial africa excludes which african countries because they were either never colonized or perpetrated their own colonialism well before european colonialism?

1897

according to prof. olufemi taiwo “all that came before ___ is now ‘precolonial Benin’?

5

according to prof olufemi taiwo, “italy’s so-called colonization of ethiopia barely lasted” how many years?

98%

in the global dispatches interview between mark goldberg and constantine manda, what is the percentage that is reported the President of Tanzania won in the october 29th, 2025 elections?

water bodies

according to the paine et al (2023) reading, what features were most prominent in the formation of africa’s contemporary borders?

false

according to the paine et al reading, the berlin conference of 1884-1885 divided africa between several european powers

conversion to christianity

in the nunn (2010) reading, the main outcome being explained is:

christian missionary exposure

according to nunn, the main outcome is explained by:

true

nunn (2010) argues that what matters for understanding transmission of christian beliefs across time are determined by one’s ethnicity rather than their contemporary location

false

nunn (2010) argues that africans converted into christianity because of the proliferation of the “word of god” through the dispersions of bibles translated in the local languages rather than the provision of education, healthcare, and other public goods and services

economic development

according to nunn (2017), slavery in african reduced which of the following:

true

according to nunn (2017), slavery in african increased ethnic diversity

true

according to nunn (2017), slavery in africa increased ethnic diversity

false

according to nunn (2017), the transatlantic slave trade preferred more female slaves relative to male slaves compared to the indian ocean slave trade which preferred more male slaves relative to female slaves

polygamy, which develops due to reduced male to female ratios

according to nunn (2017), how does slavery contribute to increased HIV prevalence in Africa today?

By interrupting the political process of smaller polities being aggregated into larger polities through state and empire formation processes.

according to nunn (2017), how does slavery increase ethnic diversity

african barometer

nunn and wantchekon (2011) use which survey to measure individuals’ trust of others

transatlantic and indian ocean

nunn and wantchekon (2011) identify the impact on trust of what two slave trades?

true

according to nunn and wantchekon (2011), historic slavery reduced contemporary trust of relatives, neighbors, local council, within-group, and across-group trust

false

according to nunn and wantchekon (2011), proximity to the coast reduces one’s trust in their local government council in both africa and asia

nathan nunn and leonard wantchekon

the first names of the authors in nunn and wantchekon (2011) are as follows:

industrial revolution’s demand for raw materials and consumer base

which of the following are reasons cited in the video for european colonialism in africa?

false

in the video, the british are assumed to have mostly used direct rule while the french are assumed to have mostly used direct rule while the french are assumed to have mostly indirect rule

south africa and zimbabwe

as per the video, the following countries are considered settler colonies in africa

britain and france

according to the video, which two european countries had the most amount of colonies in africa?

true

according to the video, european colonial powers often assumed and sometimes deliberately misinformed both africans and non-africans alike that africa had no prior civilization, history, or culture

ethnic partitioning by colonial-era borders

michalopoulos and papioannou (2016) independent variable is:

intensity, likelihood, duration

Michalopoulos and Papaioannou (2016) find that their dependent variable differs between

those affected by their independent variable, relative to those unaffected by the independent

variable, in the following ways [select ALL that apply]:

true

Michalopoulos and Papaioannou (2016)’s dependent variable is conflict

twice as much

according to muller, how much did french direct colonial rule shorten political dynasties of africa’s ancient states, relative to british direct colonial rule

false

according to muller (2020), the british ruled directly whenever they face politically complex ancient african states and indirectly whenever they faces more acephalous ancient african states

burkina faso

which of the following is NOT a country mentioned as an example of the issues discussed by Bates (2014)

false

bates (2014) argues that scarcity, artificially created by government intervention, best serves rural residents relative to urban dwellers

false

bates (2014) argues that scarcity, artificially created by government intervention, best serves rural residents relative to urban dwellers

implementing import controls

bates (2014) argues that many post independence policies of african governments that were problematic could have been solved by either allowing one’s currency to depreciate or:

initiate and increase industrialization

according to bates (2014), what was the driving forced behind these well-intentioned policies

urban protests or rural insurgencies

according to garcia-ponce and wantchekon (2023), what two strategies did africa’s pro-independence leaders select in their fight for independence?

geography, democracy, and ideology

according to garcia-ponce and wantchekon, what factors constrain strategies employed by these pro-independence leaders

false

according to garcia-ponce and wantchekon (2023), africa’s democratization was never interrupted by foreign intrusion, for example, the cold war

egypt, nigeria, democratic republic of congo, ghana, ivory coast

according to garcia-ponce and wantchekon, which of the following countries chose urban protests?

false

according to garcia-ponce and wantchekon (2023), despite having similar maoist ideologies, guinea-bissau chose urban protests relative to cape verde’s rural insurgencies

false

according to qian (2015), the list of aid recipients has remained stable for decades, suggesting the same recipients across time

false

according to qian (2015), foreign aid to countries is never used in the donor country but just the recipient country

true

according to qian (2015), there is evidence that foreign aid sometimes increases conflict and lowers political accountability in the recipient country

true

according to qian (2015), US food aid to africa is more a function of food surpluses among subsidized-US food producers rather than demand from recipient countries

ghana’s pro-democracy and uganda’s anti-democracy

according to bentzen, hariri, and robinson (2019), ghana’s ashanti and uganda’s baganda, as hegemonic ethnic groups, influenced the trajectory of democracy in their respective countries in the following direction

africa

according to Bentzen, Hariri, and Robinson (2019), which area of the world do their indigenous

proto-democratic institutions have the lowest effect on democracy?

selection of local headman by election or communal consensus

according to Bentzen, Hariri, and Robinson (2019), which proto-democratic institution do

they use as their treatment/explanatory/independent variable that explains contemporary

democracy?

Citizens become voters, Self-fulfilling prophecies, Civic organizations, New roles for state institutions, Role of the media

according to lindberg (2006), which of the following are mechanisms of how elections in africa improve democracy even if they are flawed or imperfect

true, false, uncertain

lindberg (2006) correctly predicts the increasing contribution of regular elections to democracy in africa since 1990 to present day