Berlin Conference/Suez Canal
This country had to compromise their control of the Suez Canal so Britain could gain easier access to India
Egypt
the task that white colonizers believed they had to impose their civilization on the black inhabitants of their colonies.
White Man's Burden
Something significant that stood out about all of the Ancient African nations
-they were all very wealthy
-they each relied heavily on trade with other nations
-they sat on mounds of resources, especially gold
-etc...
the countries of Western Europe and the non-European, English-speaking countries of the United States, Canada etc..
Western Nations
The president of Ukraine who stayed back to fight with his troops to maintain a free Ukraine
A conference from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules of colonization of Africa - hoping to avoid war with one another.
The Berlin conference
An illustration to represent a political opinion using symbols and caricatures
Political Cartoon
Name one of the African kings of Mali, Songhai or Ghana
-Sundiata
-Mansa Musa
-Askia the Great
etc...
To settle in an area and take control of its government
colonize
The ruler and dictator of Modern day Russia who will stop at nothing to gain power for his country
Who is Vladimir Putin?
The Suez Canal connects these two bodies of water
The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.
Social Darwinism
West African state that supplied the majority of the world's gold from year 500-1400's CE (common era). It was the first great African empire of the common era.
Ghana
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically.
Imperialism
This country on the Western border of Ukraine is currently harboring the highest number of Ukrainian refugees at about 2.3 million people who were displaced from their homes
Poland
The name of the German Chancellor who called for the Berlin Conference in hopes to quell talks of war
Otto Von Bismarck
To show or prove to be right or reasonable
justify
A West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the 1400s to 1591
Songhai
What people call the European's rapid and competitive colonialization in Africa.
Name three countries that are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ex: USA, Poland, Belgium, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom (Great Britain), Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, etc...
The two nations competing for control of the Suez Canal
Natives of an area who have been conquered or dominated by others who came later
Indigenous peoples
From 1235-1400, this was a strong empire of Western African. It had trading cities of Timbuktu and Gao, it had many mosques and universities. The Empire was ruled by two great rulers, Sundiata and Mansa Musa. It was eventually conquered by Songhai
Mali
Unprocessed natural products used in production Ex: sugar, tobacco, corn, lumber etc. Africa had plenty of this.
raw materials
Name one of the 3 significant Russia is invading Ukraine.
- They want the land back after Ukraine left the USSR in 1991
- They want to rid Ukraine of what Putin proclaims "Nazis" in the land
-Putin doesn't want Ukraine to ever join NATO