European Imperialism over Africa

Enabling Factors

100

This drug helped Europeans enter Africa and stay healthy.

Quinine OR anti-malaria drug

200

This technological advancement was the single biggest enabler of the European conquest of Africa. 

The Maxim gun OR Guns

300

This European 'revolution' led to the 'scramble for Africa'.

The Industrial Revolution

400

European colonizers invested in this infrastructure to move products, food and people across and into Africa.

Railroads OR Steamboats

500

The Europeans introduced this technology to dramatically speed the flow of information.

The Telegraph (and submarine cables)

Motives and Justifications

100

The colonizers spread this religion in Africa.

Christianity

200

This man-made African waterway was the shortcut to Asia.

What is the Suez Canal?

300

This religion-defying scientific theory was distorted and used as a justification for subjugating the people of Africa.

Darwinism

400

This is the economic and trade benefit that the Europeans hoped to get by colonizing Africa.

Trade surplus OR Cheap labor OR Natural resources

500

These treasures were the main motivation for Portuguese imperialism.

Gold AND Diamonds

Division of Africa

100

This imperial power colonized the largest population base in Africa.

Great Britain

200

The colonizers met in this city in 1884 to decide the fate of Africa.

Berlin, Germany

300

This African country was one of three colonized by Italy.

Libya OR Eritrea OR Somaliland.

400

This African country stayed independent from colonial powers

Ethiopia OR Liberia 

500

These two european colonial powers almost came to war during their early expansion into Africa with the Fashoda incident.

Great Britain and France

Life under European rule

100

This category of crops introduced by the colonizers (to satisfy demand back home) caused famine in Africa.

Cash crops OR Cocoa OR Cotton OR Rubber

200

This imperial power had their people marry into African royal families to get land-grants and to take control of land. 

Portuguese OR Portugal

300

Indentured laborers from this British colony were forcefully brought to Africa which caused tension with the native population

India

400

This colonial power exerted direct rule over their African colonies and offered citizenship to the natives who assimilated well.

France

500

The greedy pursuit of this commodity by the king of Belgium led to the death of 10m congolese people.

Rubber

Bonus Points

100

The first British colony in Africa to win independence (in 1957).

Ghana

200

The region of Africa coveted by King Leopold of Belgium with the words, "I want my share of this wonderful African cake".

The Congo Basin.

300

The rule adopted by the colonial powers to avoid conflict with each other when invading Africa.

First come first serve.

400

Africa has been colonized this many times in history.

Three times.

• In ancient times, people from Southern Europe and Western Asia colonized North Africa, while people from Southeast Asia colonized Madagascar.
• In the Middle Ages, North and East Africa was further colonized by people from Western Asia.
• Finally, Western Europeans colonized all parts of the continent, culminating in the Scramble for Africa in the late 19th century.

500

This modern era African genocide is attributed to the divide and rule strategy employed first by German and subsequently by Belgian rulers to sow distrust between two tribes.

Rwandan genocide. OR Tutsi massacre by Hutus