Country that attended
Starter of Industial revolution
Britain
A method of dividing the continent of Africa between the European Powers.
Berlin Conference
The belief that one race is more superior than other.
Racism
The king of Belgium
King Leopold ll
A duty formerly asserted by white people to manage the affairs of nonwhite people whom they believed to be less developed
white man's burden
The country that Berlin Conference was held in
Germany
What were the 2 place that was free after the Berlin Conference
Liberia and Ethopia
Dutch colonist in South Africa.
Boer
Person who started the Berlin Conference
Otto von Bismarck
Now many people was sent to the slave trade by EUropean countries
10 million to 12 million
4 Major country that attended the Berlin Conference
Britain, Germany, France, Portugal
Resources such as diamond and golds
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially.
Imperialism
How did European countries claim Africa?
Telling other nations it was theirs and showing they could control the area they claimed.
What was the main reason for the Berlin Conference?
The jealousy of the king of a small country, Belgium, towards his cousin, Queen Victoria of Great Britain.
who was not invited to attend the Berlin Conference?
Africa
when did Africa get its independence?
1950
The theory that human groups and races are subject to the same laws of natural selection as Charles Darwin had perceived in plants and animals.
Why was the Berlin Conference significant?
The Berlin Conference established the legal claim by Europeans that all of Africa could be occupied by whomever could take it.
During the Berlin conference, what % of Africa remained under traditional and local control?
80%
Name all 10 country that attended the Berlin Conference(Other than France, Britain and Germany)
Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway,
When did liberia became free?
1847
Attempt by one country to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
Colonialism
What did the Berlin Conference lead to
Total domination of Africa by Europeans
How long did the Berlin Conference go for
124 days