The Battle of Omdurman
This was the date of the battle.
What is September 1898?
By the early 1900s, these two European countries controlled the most territory in Africa.
What are Great Britain and France?
Europeans believed that converting others to this religion was part of God's plan, and justified colonizing.
What is Christianity?
These were the two sides of the battle.
British and Mahdists.
By the early 1900s, these were the only independent nations in Africa.
What are Liberia and Ethiopia?
This event increased the food and population available for Europeans to send on expeditions to other parts of the world.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
British weapons could fire this far.
What is 1,500 meters?
This event, studied in a previous unit, gave the Europeans an advantage over the Africans.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The inventions of the Industrial Revolution made Europeans think this about other races.
That Europeans were naturally more intelligent, and other races deserved to be conquered.
The steam engine.
The quote from F.D. Lugard in your reading gives this as the main reason for imperialism.
What are new markets?
This British author wrote the poem "The White Man's Burden" to justify colonization and imperialism.
Who is Rudyard Kipling?
This allowed the British to get their supplies to the battlefield.
This invention allowed Europeans to explore new territories in Africa without fear of the natural environment.
What is quinine, or the cure for malaria?
Economically, Europeans mostly gained these from imperialism.
What are raw materials to supply their factories?