European Colonization
First European Contact and Slave Trade
Colonial Impact
50

European powers engaged in trade, conquest, and the establishment of colonies in Southern and Eastern _______.

Africa

150

Dutch settlers, known as ______, spread throughout the Cape Colony, with additional settlers from various European countries arriving when gold and diamonds were discovered. British settlers also migrated to regions such as Kenya and Zimbabwe.

Boers

150

The _______-_________ slave trade caused suffering on Southern and Eastern Africans, leading to societal weakening and vulnerability to European empires.

trans-Atlantic

150

________ were established, enlarging access to education for Africans, empowering them to eventually take charge of their own governments.

Schools

250

By approximately 1900, most of Africa was under __________ rule, except for Ethiopia, which faced an Italian invasion in the 1930s.

European

250

_________ took control of parts of Eastern Africa around 1500, expanding the slave trade.

Portugal

250

What is Cecil Rhodes' famous quote?

"I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race."

450

Some European colonies were initiated by trading companies, like the ______ ______ ________ ______________ ____________ in South Africa.

Dutch East India Company's settlement

450

Europeans, particularly the ________, initiated _____ in Southern and Eastern Africa during the 1400s.

Portuguese; trade

450

What does ethnocentrism mean?

attitude that one's own social or cultural group is better than all others

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