Just the Basics
Tools of Control
Berlin Conference
Beliefs & Justifications
Resistance
100
This term describes when a powerful country controls weaker regions for economic or political reasons.
What is imperialism or colonialism?
100
This medicine helped Europeans survive malaria in Africa.
What is quinine?
100
This continent was divided by European powers at the Berlin Conference.
What is Africa?
100
This belief claimed Europeans had a duty to “civilize” people they ruled.
What is "White Man's Burden"?
100
This country successfully resisted European imperialism.
What is Ethiopia?
200
Two major reasons European nations wanted colonies during the Industrial Age.
What are raw materials and new markets?
200
Two technologies that helped Europeans conquer and control colonies more easily.
What are machine guns and steamships?
(Telegraphs or railroads also acceptable)
200
Two things European nations wanted to avoid while dividing Africa.
What are war with each other and allowing African to acquire weapons through trade?
200
This theory misused science to claim some races were naturally superior, using this ACTUAL scientific theory.
What is Social Darwinism and 'survival of the fittest'?
200
Two ways colonized people resisted imperialism.
Militarily: with battles and soldiers
Culturally: by preserving traditions, language, and religions
Economically: Not paying taxes, slowing down during work, not showing up to work, and sabotage
Politically: Voting, speeches, marches, etc.
300
This economic system pushed European nations to seek profits and resources overseas.
What is capitalism?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
1 minute: Write down your explanation and submit to Miller
Question: How did imperialists use schools or taxes to control their colonies?
"Colonial schools trained locals to serve as clerks, soldiers, and officials. They taught literacy, arithmetic, and the language of the colonizers. Schools also spread imperial ideas, teaching students that their own cultures were inferior."
"Many colonial subjects were perfectly happy to ignore the invaders, if possible. But they were still forced to pay taxes. To pay taxes, they needed money. To get money, they needed to work for the people who had it. And who had that money? Mostly companies that were run from the center of imperial power."
-Trevor Getz
300
This 1884–1885 meeting set the rules for European colonization of Africa, and was specifically attended by one group of people but not another. Name the meeting, and the two groups.
What are European leaders at the Berlin Conference, but no African representatives?
300
The reasons Evangelists supported imperialism.
What is they wanted to spread Christianity?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
1 minute: Write down your explanation and submit to Miller
Name one way colonial subjects were able to turn colonial schools/education against the Europeans.
Once people could read in the languages of Europe, they could read European thinkers who argued that everyone deserved liberty or equality, and use that to make an argument Europeans would listen to, AND they could use a more common shared language to organize resistance against colonizers. School also trained them for government jobs, which they could use for internal sabotage, or government coups, or even diplomatic negotiation.
400
This feeling of pride and competition between nations encouraged imperial expansion.
What is nationalism?
400
The difference between direct and indirect rule.
What is using local leaders to reduce how many government administrators are sent to control the colony?
400
European borders drawn at this meeting ignored these existing African features.
Name at least two.
What are ethnic groups, cultures, languages, religions, or kingdoms?
400
How Europeans saw Africans and Africa.
What are Barbarians and blank slate/unknown?
Also acceptable: uncivilized, white man's grave, etc.
400
Reasons Ethiopia was able to hold off the Italians.
What are central organized leadership, prepared standing military, and access to modern weapons?
500
Explain why these imperialists are grabbing different areas of the world. 
What is nationalism makes countries want to compete with each other over colonies, or capitalism makes them want to compete over resources and markets?
500
Identify the tool Colossus of Rhodes holds, what area he is standing on, and how it helps him control that area. 
What is telegraph wire? What is there's one foot in Cairo, Egypt and one foot in Cape Town, South Africa? And what is he wants to connect these parts of the British empire because better communication helps empires control bigger area?
500
Identify the meeting, topics, attendees, and parts of the image that show that information.
What are the Berlin Conference, dividing up Africa, and European leaders, because you can see a map of Africa in the back and no African representatives?
500
The ideas that justified imperialism and how this political cartoon is showing those ideas.
What are social darwinism" and "White Man's Burden" because Uncle Sam is taking on the role of a teacher to 'help' 'less civilized' countries to become more civilized like the United States, represented by the students in the back?
500
Explain this example of resistance.
A man is fighting off King Leopold of Belgium who is trying to take over the Congo. His wife and child are running away from colonialism.