Colonialism
What is colonialism?
The meeting between European countries to discuss how to divide up Africa WITHOUT conflict
What is the Berlin Conference?
This was the former South African policy of separating South African citizens by ethnic group
What is apartheid?
The lack of experienced leaders in newly freed African countries led to these kinds of consequences. (list at least 1)
What is civil wars, militia violence, criminal activity?
What is the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
This event took place in Berlin Germany on November 15, 1884
What is the Berlin Conference?
These are 4 of the major reason as to why Europe wanted to colonize Africa (list at least 2 of 4)
What is money, nationalism, Christian missionaries, and racism?
This created a major power imbalance in South Africa as much of the economic and political influence was given to White South Africans.
What is apartheid?
After Europe left Africa, these different kinds of groups started to vie for power
What are cultural, ethnic, religious groups?
This is the name of the African coastal region where many trade ships would make port
This refers to when a country takes on the culture, customs, and beliefs of the dominant group, usually losing their own practices in the process.
What is assimilation?
What is Social Darwinism?
This group fought to end discrimination against black South Africans before and during the age of apartheid.
What is the African National Congress? (ANC)
Because many African countries were not generating their own money, they began to rely heavily on these, given to them by foreign countries.
What are high interest loans?
TRUE/FALSE: the slave trade in Africa made African kingdoms stronger
This rule made it so that European countries had to get approval from the others in order to take territory in Africa
What is the Berlin Act?
This theory posed that Europe had a duty to "save" the "uncivilized" peoples of Africa, as well as other non-western countries
What is "the white man's burden"?
Black South Africans were forced to relocate from their homes to live in these reserves starting as far back as 1913.
Lack of this, like telephone lines and roads, make it hard for African countries to trade within their own country.
What is infrastructure?
This was the first European country to arrive in Africa
What is Portugal?
When word of these got out to the public, King Leopold II was forced to give up his control of the Congo.
What are his crimes?
While apartheid is specifically related to South Africa, this word can be used to describe any similar kind of policy across the world.
What is segregation?
This slogan can be used to summarize the major economic challenges of Africa, where countries are having to import everything because they only focused on 1-2 products
What are "Spending more, selling less"?