Early European Contact & Geography
This European country was the first to explore Africa’s coasts in the 1440s.
What is Portugal?
The main goal of the Berlin Conference was to prevent this among Europeans.
What is conflict or war?
This resource made Congo valuable to industrial powers in the 1890s.
What is rubber?
This giant natural barrier made it difficult for Europeans to explore inland Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
Name two major crops that slaves were used for in the Western World.
Sugar, Tobacco, Cotton, Coffee, Rice, Indigo
What years was the Berlin Conference?
What is 1894-1895
This European nation was the original ruler of Namibia in Southwest Africa.
What is Germany?
Europeans focused on trading these three items during early contact.
What are gold, ivory, and enslaved people?
This European nation was the first to abolish the slave trade in 1807 and enforced these new rules by sea.
What is Britain?
This European monarch personally owned and exploited the Congo Free State.
This Ethiopian leader defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
Who is Emperor Menelik II?
This ancient trading route connected Europe to Asia but never included Africa, limiting Africa's early development.
What is the Silk Road?
These were main two European justifications for enslaving Africans.
What is bringing Christianity and civilization to them?
This country was the first to recognize Belgium’s claim to the Congo.
What is the United States?
In the Western hemisphere, Rastafarianism is a Christian religious movement originating in this country.
What is Jamaica?
This remedy, once discovered, was an early medication to prevent malaria and helped Europeans explore inland Africa.
What is quinine or tonic water?
This revolution in the Western World showed that enslaved people could successfully resist.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
This German chancellor hosted the Berlin Conference.
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
This Ethiopian emperor during much of the 20th century became a symbol of Black liberation worldwide.
Who is Haile Selassie?