Motivations
Scramble for Africa
Resource extraction
Vocab
Misc
100

The one main cause of the colonization of Africa

Greed

100

European Leaders met at this conference to divide Africa without African representation. 1844-1845

Berlin Conference

100

What valuable mineral was discovered in 1886 that led to the 2nd Boer wars

Gold

100

Term used to describe the frantic effort of Europeans to maintain control over Africa.

Scramble For Africa

100

This European country's King privately owned a colony for 23 years.

Belgium

200
The event that increased the need for raw materials

Industrial Revolution

200

The British defeat the Boers in this war.

2nd Boer War

200

The three common punishments for laborers in the Congo

Torture, Mutilation, and Execution

200

The mass emigration of Boers out of South Africa into Interior Africa.

The Great Trek

200

This war was fought between Dutch settlers and British over South African land.

1st Boer Wars

300

A strong feeling of love and devotion to one's own country or nation.

Nationalism

300

This king owned his own personal colony from 1885-1908

King Leopold

300

Material extracted from trees in the Congo

Rubber

300

Forced takeover of land by a foreign power

Colonization

300

Approximately how long was in between the two Boer Wars?

100 years

400

How did the state disguise its true purpose of colonizing Africa from its people.

Religion

400

This African Kingdom resisted Boer and British expansion.

Zulu Kingdom

400

Set amount of resources laborers are expected to collect punctually.

Quota

400

States that Europeans are called by God to rule over and educate others.

White Man's burden.

400

What does South Africa have the second largest reserves of?

Zirconium, Vanadium, and Titanium.

500

They allowed for middle class people to share the profits from a business venture without the risk.

Joint Stock Companies

500

The harsh system of racial discrimination in South Africa that lasted until 1994

Apartheid

500
The four minerals most abundant in South Africa.

Gold, platinum, chrome and manganese ore.

500

Theory that states that Europeans are better than Africans

Social Darwinism

500

What is the Plateau in South Africa called? What percent of the world's Gold has it extracted?

Witwatersrand has extracted 22% of the current gold in circulation.