Written Sources
This poem portrays imperialism as a moral duty in which European nations should “civilize” and govern other societies, even through sacrifice and hard work.
What is The White Man's Burden?
The name for rapid European colonization of Africa
What is the Scramble For Africa?
Th Belgian king who controlled the Congo
Who is King Leopold II
Using humor/exaggeration to criticize or poke fun at someone or something
What is satire?
An economic system based on private business/profit
What is capitalism?
This source uses a carnivorious bird as a symbol for imperial powers feeding off and exploiting African societies.
What is The Vultures?
Held between 1884-1885, was a pivotal meeting of European powers aimed at resolving fighting and competition in Africa.
What is The Berlin Conference?
Born in India but a British citizen. Also wrote The Jungle Book
Who is Rudyard Kipling?
This Punch cartoon shows King Leopold II as a serpent squeezing a Congolese man, criticizing the violent exploitation and rubber extraction taking place in the Congo Free State.
What is "Rubber coils"
Unfairly using people/resources for benefit
In “The White Man’s Burden,” Kipling writes: “To seek another’s profit, and work another’s gain.” What is the meaning of this line?
What is "help colonized people make money"?
A historic transition from rural, agrarian economies to urban, industrialized societies driven by machine manufacturing. Originating in Great Britain.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The name of a famous satirical British magazine, also was the first publication to use the word "cartoon" in print.
What is Punch Magazine
In “In the Rubber Coils,” King Leopold II is portrayed as a serpent strangling a Congolese man. The serpent symbolizes the brutal punishments used during rubber extraction in the Congo, including this horrific practice.
What is the amputation of hands?
Removing natural resources or wealth
What is extraction?
In “The Vultures,” David Diop writes: “When holy water struck domesticated brows.” According to the poem, what is Diop criticizing about imperialism?
What is the forced spread of European religion and culture onto colonized peoples?
The name of the natural resource that allowed Britain to industrialize first.
What is coal?
This person had big plans to unite north and south Africa with railroads and telegraph wires.
Who is Cecil Rhodes?
This 1878 Punch cartoon criticized imperialism by suggesting British expansion would become expensive and lead to higher taxes for the British population.
What is “Who’s to Pay?”
unfairly using people/resources for benefit
What is exploitation?
This balanced source argues British rule improved India through education and peace but also that Indians were not well represented in their own government.
What is "Source #6" by Dadabhai Naoroji?
Rudyard Kipling wrote “The White Man’s Burden” in response to this event, when the United States gained control of the Philippines and debated whether it should become an imperial power.
What is the Spanish-American War?
What are the 2 reasons given in this anti-imperialism thesis: Imperialism was destructive to colonized nations because it exploited colonized peoples economically and justified cultural destruction.
What is: exploited colonized peoples economically and justified cultural destruction?
Who is the personification of Great Britatin.
Controlling/helping others “for their own good”
What is paternalism?