Causes
Europeans held this belief, influencing their interactions with indigenous peoples in Africa
What is the belief in racial superiority?
This major change in the production of goods (increase in machine made goods) led Europeans to 'Scramble' for more raw materials in Africa
What is the Industrial Revolution?
European nation that established the first permanent settlement in South Africa
What is the Dutch (the Dutch East India Company)?
The central motivating factor among European nations in the 19th century that pushed them to expand their empires
What is nationalism?
This valuable resource in the Congo attracted Leopold II's interest
What is rubber?
One of three major technologies and innovations helped European nations overpower African societies
What are steam engines, steamboats, and the Maxim gun?
This conference took place between 1884-1885 and aimed to divide Africa among European powers
What is the Berlin Conference?
This European power colonized South Africa between 1815 and 1910
What is Britain?
This country dubbed the “Sick Man of Europe” ceded control of Libya to Italy after a brief war from 1911-12
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Rudyard Kipling described the sense of duty that some Europeans felt in a poem with this title
What is "White Man's Burden"?
This idea about evolution and "survival of the fittest" fed into the racism that many imperialists used as justification in taking over African lands and peoples
What is Social Darwinism?
This event prompted British control in Egypt
What is financial interest in the Suez Canal?
This country came late to the "game" and actually lost money on their colonies, however, they kept them out of extreme nationalistic pride
What is Germany?
This ethnic group of West Africa is primarily found in Nigeria
What is Igbo?
Things Fall Apart takes place in this modern day country
What is Nigeria?
This language is based heavily on Dutch but includes other words and sounds from local dialects
What is Afrikaans?
This Ethiopian leader who successfully resisted colonization, allowed Ethiopia to be one of the only African nations successful in resisting Europeans
Who is Menelik II?
This wealthy businessman traded in diamonds and believed colonies should be ruled locally, not from distant governments
Who is Cecil Rhodes?
Europeans justified their imperialist actions in Africa by claiming they were introducing Africans to these "3 C's"
What are Commerce, Christianity & Civilization?
This phrase is used to describe Britain because of its extensive possession of colonies
What is "the sun never sets"?
When local populations adopt the culture and traditions of imperial occupants
What is assimilation?
The Mahdist War led to the temporary collapse of this empire's rule in Sudan
What is the Egyptian Empire?
Name one of Italy's three colonies in Africa
What are Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, and Libya?
Name one of the two capital cities that are located on the banks of the Congo River
What are Brazzaville or Kinshasa?
Joseph Conrad novel that tells the story of Charles Marlow, a steamboat captain who naviagtes the interior of the Congo
What is Heart of Darkness?