King Leopold II
Imperialism
South Africa
Africa
This and that
100
Identify the colony that King Leopold II claimed for himself
What is the Congo
100
Identify 2 of the 3 reasons why Europeans colonized Africa
What is cheap labor, raw materials and new markets
100
What European nation was first to settle in South Africa?
What is Dutch (Netherlands)
100
Egypt borrowed money from France to pay for the building of this canal
What is the Suez
100
What term means the original people of a land
What is indigenous
200
What country was King Leopold II in charge of?
What is Belgium
200
Identify the 2 countries in Africa that were not colonized
What is Liberia and Ethiopia
200
In 1652, the Dutch settlers, who were farmers, began to call themselves the _______
What is the Boers
200
Identify the 2 seas that the canal near Egypt connects
What is Red and Mediterranean
200
By 1910, what percentage of Africa was colonized by the Europeans
What is 97%
300
How did King Leopold II's soldiers prove that they had shot their 10 bullets?
What is bring back the severed hands of the indigenous Congo people
300
This Conference was in 1884 and established the ground rules for how the Europeans were going to divide Europe up
What is the Berlin Conference
300
What country went to war with the Dutch in 1899?
What is the British
300
What country ended up paying the French back for the financing the canal
What is Great Britain
300
What is the name of the 3 year war that was fought in South Africa from 1899-1902?
What is the Boer War
400
Identify one of the 3 resources that King Leopold desired from the Congo
What is rubber, copper, and ivory
400
What event triggered the need for raw materials in Europe?
What is the Industrial Revolution
400
Identify two valuable resources that were discovered in South Africa
What is diamonds and gold
400
Africa's economy changed durng colonization and part of it had to do with growing cash crops on these
What is plantaions
400
This famous missionary was found by Henry Stanley and he wrote about the brutal treatment that the Dutch and the Portuguese imposed on Black Africans
What is David Livingstone
500
Who did Leopold II send to the Congo to convince the chiefs to sign away their land
Who is Henry Stanley
500
What 2 agreements were made between the European countries, at the Berlin Conference, that they must do when colonizing countries in Africa
What is inform all other European nations and prove that they could control (set up government office)
500
What do we call the separation of the races in South Africa that was written into law by the whites living there
What is APARTHEID
500
What is the name of the poem written by Rudyard Kipling that explained how it was the job of the whites to "civilize" the Blacks in Africa
What is "The White Man's Burden"
500
Identify the African country that was successful in defeating the French because it prepared the country for battle
What is Ethiopia
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