vocab
assimilation
the process of adapting to the cultural tradition of another gourp
which explorer is known for exploreing the congo
henry stanley
industilatizion drove need for more raw matrials
economic
what seas was eygpt inbetween that made it desrible
red and metiterranean
what were the two main wars
zulu and boer wars
boer
farmer in the afrikaner languge also a person of ansetry in south America
who established the congo free state
king lepold II
eropean contrays were faceing high rates of unenployment poverty and homlessness
social
what did the french english and ottomans want from egypt
quicker tradeing routes between eorupe and asia
what caused the zulu war
british takeing land from the zulus
commonweath
a group of pepole or territories orginized under and loyal to the same goverment
how did the king treat the congo
as if it were his own personal plantation
one way to increse power was expanding terrotoriy
political
what made a even quiker trade route
the suez cannal
what caused the boer war
british wanting to contral land and mines
atrocity
somethig that is incredibly bad
what happened to the population of the congo
forced labor to steal the congos natral resorsces,forced to christanity, decresed form 20 millon to 8 millon
natinalisam feuled compititiom between erupean nations
political
who got contral of eygypt
britan
one of the most detructive wars in south amrican history
ethnocentrisam
the belif that ones own gruop is supiorer to others
what did the british goverment investgate
claims of atrocitys
colines provided land were eupeans could live perminetly
social
what was eygypt like under british contral
britan profited from eygpt rescorces britan did little to suporrt the intrests of the egyptions
how long was the boer war
three years