Reflection questions for you based on the Scramble for Africa activity:
1.) How closely does your map reflect what actually happened?
For the most part, the map composed during our class period did not closely reflect what actually occurred in Africa. The French empire was on the money, conquering predominantly Northwest Africa in both maps. However, during our class period the British had conquered an insignificant amount of land in comparison to what they were supposed to have controlled, with almost no presence in Africa. In history, Great Britain took control of the majority of East Africa, and in this case they had almost nothing. Originally, Germany was supposed to have conquered small sections of both Central East and Central West Africa, and for the most part this was what was done, where there was several sections where the Germans conquered additional territory on the map created by my class. Italy was also able to take control of North Africa (by the Suez Canal) as it initially intended to, but left a tiny part out of the land encompassing the Indian Ocean by the North. Finally, Spain had done most of its job, colonizing small sections of Northwest Africa, as well as the coastline North of the Atlantic Ocean, but inadvertently conquered Madagascar as well. …show more content…
Imperialism may have also led to a rupture between the primary inhabitants of Africa, a rift that would take centuries to restore. most likely developed trade routes throughout the eastern hemisphere, between Europe and Asia, as well as Africa. Internal wars may of also erupted within Africa, and could leave the continent susceptible to an even greater power loss. These conflicts may have also led African in a feud with the European nations. However, this would not of done any difference as Africa was not given a say throughout all these events, including the Berlin
1.) How closely does your map reflect what actually happened?
For the most part, the map composed during our class period did not closely reflect what actually occurred in Africa. The French empire was on the money, conquering predominantly Northwest Africa in both maps. However, during our class period the British had conquered an insignificant amount of land in comparison to what they were supposed to have controlled, with almost no presence in Africa. In history, Great Britain took control of the majority of East Africa, and in this case they had almost nothing. Originally, Germany was supposed to have conquered small sections of both Central East and Central West Africa, and for the most part this was what was done, where there was several sections where the Germans conquered additional territory on the map created by my class. Italy was also able to take control of North Africa (by the Suez Canal) as it initially intended to, but left a tiny part out of the land encompassing the Indian Ocean by the North. Finally, Spain had done most of its job, colonizing small sections of Northwest Africa, as well as the coastline North of the Atlantic Ocean, but inadvertently conquered Madagascar as well. …show more content…
Imperialism may have also led to a rupture between the primary inhabitants of Africa, a rift that would take centuries to restore. most likely developed trade routes throughout the eastern hemisphere, between Europe and Asia, as well as Africa. Internal wars may of also erupted within Africa, and could leave the continent susceptible to an even greater power loss. These conflicts may have also led African in a feud with the European nations. However, this would not of done any difference as Africa was not given a say throughout all these events, including the Berlin