Egypt/Suez Canal
Who invaded Egypt in 1798?
Napoleon Bonaparte
What two regions of Africa avoided coming under the rule of European nations during the Scramble for Africa?
Liberia and Ethiopia
What European nation was King Leopold II from?
Belgium
During what years did Atlantic Slave Trade occur?
1650 and 1900
What was sent from Britain to Africa as part of Trade Triangle?
Manufactured goods
Which European nation built the Suez Canal in Egypt?
France
What did the competition between the European powers cause or lead to?
Conflicts and World War I.
What area of Africa did King Leopold II control?
Congo River Basin (named the Congo Free State by Leopold)
Approximately how many Africans slaves were involved in the Atlantic Slave Trade?
12 million - 20 million
Who was sold from Africa to the Americas?
African slaves
Why was the Suez Canal so important to the European nations?
Because it allowed much shorter trips to Asia. Whereas, they previously had to travel the entire way around Africa.
Who called the meeting for the Berlin Conference?
Otto von Bismarck
What resource(s) did the Congo River basin contain that was of importance to Leopold II? 2
Rubber and Copper and Palm Oil and Ivory
According to the reading, what made Africans the ideal population to work on plantations in the Americas over other groups? 2
They were best suited for the climate and tropical diseases of the tropical areas of the New World where they would be working on plantations. As well, Africans were used to the work required on the plantations.
What was sent from the Americas to Europe?
Raw Materials
According to the reading, what two European nations competed over control of the canal the most?
Brittain and France
What was the goal or purpose of the Berlin Conference? 2
To reduce conflicts between the competing European nations and divide Africa
Why was rubber so valuable during the time period?
Rubber tires were in demand for the bicycle and automobile
What role did Africa play in the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Some west African societies captured and enslaved other Africans in order to sell them to European traders for manufactured goods.
Where were the most slaves sent?
Caribbean
Why did Britain consider the Suez Canal the “lifeline of the British Empire”?
Because it allowed Britain much quicker access to its colony in India.
What did the Berlin Conference cause?
The division of Africa into a series of states that ignored the history and societies of Africa.
Describe how the Congolese people were treated during the time of Leopold II.
The companies would brutalize the people by forcing them to harvest rubber and if they did not meet their quota than the people suffered abuses, such as: beatings, cutting of their hands, starvation, imprisoning women and children to force men to work harder and destroying entire villages.
Which European nation would go on to play the biggest role in the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Britain
Name three raw materials taken from Americas to Europe.
Tobacco, sugar, coffee, metal, and cotton