primary or secondary source?
A first-hand account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event.
Primary source
One important advantage Europeans had over Africans during the period of Colonialism.
Advanced technology (weapons, medicine, transportation)
colonialism
the practice by which a powerful country directly controls less powerful countries and uses their resources.
Who took control of the territory known as the Congo in 1885?
King Leopold II
Europeans took African land and sold it to white settlers.
Economic effect
A document or written work created after an event.
secondary source.
One economic reason Europe wanted to colonize Africa.
natural resource (raw materials)
perspective
the point of view that a person sees a historical event.
Meeting in 1884, at which Europeans agreed on the rules for colonizing Africa.
Berlin Conference
Christian missionaries brought their religion and converted millions of Africans
Social effect
A history textbook about the history of colonialism in Africa and Asia
secondary source
Wanted to bring Christianity and/or civilization.
bias
when a source is clearly one-sided in its description of the event.
After the scramble for Africa, these two European countries controlled the most territory.
France & England
women lost their influence and power due to the male-dominated European society norms.
Social effect
A biography written about Patrice Lumumba
secondary source
An important political reason why Europe wanted to colonize Africa.
Competition between European countries for power and resources.
decolonization
The process by which colonies become independent from the colonizing country.
One way that the experience of colonialism was the SAME for African countries was....
- unequal treatment (Europeans vs. Africans)
- all countries colonized in the 1880s.
European colonialism only focused on building infrastructure (roads, trains, etc) to take good out of the continent, making it difficult to trade within Africa.
economic effect
primary source
How did Europeans justify taking over African territory and controlling its population?
The believed they were superior. Racism.
African Nationalism
One way that the experience of colonialism was different for African countries.
The forms of resistance used
nonviolence vs violent methods.
Due to the power struggles between different ethnic groups inside African countries the only leaders who could hold onto power were strong authoritarian leaders.
Political effect