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21 Cards in this Set
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What was needed to fuel the industrial production of European nations?
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more resources and markets
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Why did the Europeans control such a small portion of Africa in the 1800s?
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African armies and traders kept them out and the rivers were impassable making it difficult to get inland
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Whose account of meeting Dr. Livingstone made headlines around the world?
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Henry Stanley, A NY news reporter
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How the the companies licensed by King Leopold II of Belgium treat the local inhabitants?
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the companies brutally exploited Africans, forcing them to collect sap for rubber plants. There was forced labor, excessive taxation, and abuses
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What is imperialism?
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a policy that a strong nation dominates other nations politically, socially, economically.
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What provided European countries with the need to add lands to their control?
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Industrial Revolution
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What is racism?
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the belief that one race is superior to another
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What is Social Darwinism?
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application of Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies- particularly as justification for imperialist expansion.
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What other groups pushed for expansion? Why?
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Missionaries. wanted to christianize people of Africa, Asia, Pacific Islands. Felt that western rule would end slavery
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What were the European motives to enter Africa?
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Nationalism
Economic European Racism Missionary Impulse |
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What external forces contributed to the conquest of Africa?
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Maxim Gun
Railroads and Steamships Cure for Malaria |
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What internal forces affected Africa's conquest?
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Variety of cultures and languages
Low level of technology Ethnic strife |
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Which two of the internal forces were connected with each other? Explain.
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Ethnic strife and cultures and languages. Both are connected w/ social and political life of Africans
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Why was the Berlin Conference in 1884-85 held? What did it do?
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It was held to prevent wars. It divided Africa among European Nations
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Who were left out of the Berlin Conference?
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No African ruler attended the conference
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What problems might of resulted from combining or splitting groups of people?
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Some groups will fight each other.
Some might fight to get back with those they were separated from. |
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What percentage of Africa was colonized by Europeans in 1878?
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1878= 10%
1913= 96% |
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Which two imperial powers held the most land?
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France= 35.6%
Britain= 32.3% |
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Who was Shaka?
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a Zulu chief who fought against European powers.
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Who were the Boers? Where did they settle?
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Dutch settlers who took over African lands at the Cape of Good Hope
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What was the "Great Trek"?
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the migration of Dutch colonists out of British controlled territory in South Africa during the 1830s
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