Vocabulary
What is imperialism?
Answer: A system in which a country rules other countries
Question: Between what years did Europeans divide Africa?
Answer: Between 1881 and 1914
Question: What economic system increased the demand for African resources?
Answer: Industrialization
Question: What disease made it difficult for Europeans to explore Africa?
Answer: Malaria
Question: What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?
Answer: To set rules for controlling African land
Question: What is colonization?
Answer: Sending people to live in and govern another country
Question: What is the Scramble for Africa?
Answer: The invasion, occupation, colonization, and annexation of African land by Europeans
Question: Name two resources Europeans wanted from Africa.
Answer: Copper, rubber, cocoa, tea, gold, or diamonds
Question: What medicine helped Europeans survive malaria?
Answer: Quinine
Question: How many countries attended the Berlin Conference?
Fourteen
Question: What is annexation?
Answer: Taking possession of land, usually by force
Question: By 1914, how much of Africa had been divided?
Answer: 90% of Africa
Question: Why was Africa considered valuable to Europeans?
Answer: It had natural resources and open markets
Question: What type of weapon gave Europeans an advantage?
Answer: The rapid-fire machine gun
Question: Were any African representatives invited?
Answer: No
Question: What does it mean to “succumb” to a disease?
Answer: To suffer badly or die from it
Question: Which two African countries remained independent?
Answer: Ethiopia and Liberia
Question: What political pressure existed in countries like Great Britain?
Answer: To expand colonies and secure markets
Question: What improvement helped boats travel African rivers?
Answer: Better transportation/boats
Question: Why did European countries create rules at the conference?
Answer: To avoid conflict with each other
Question: What does it mean to “civilize” a society?
Answer: To make it more organized and “less savage” (according to the text)
Question: What earlier activity brought Europeans to Africa’s coasts before the Scramble?
Answer: The slave trade
Question: Who called for the Berlin Conference?
Answer: Otto von Bismarck
Question: What three things allowed Europeans to move into Africa’s interior?
Answer: Boats, guns, and quinine
Question: Name one region Britain controlled after the conference.
Answer: Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, or the Gold Coast