Reasons
This term means pride and your country. During imperialism, countries tried to prove that they were the best by building the largest empire.
Nationalism
This man was responsible for securing the Congo for the King of Belgium.
Henry Stanley
In this war, the dutch invaders launched commando raids and used guerrilla tactics against the British. The British countered by burning their farms and imprisoning women and children in disease-ridden concentration camps.
Boer war
In the ____________________________, European countries made a plan to divide Africa into colonies without consulting African leaders.
The Berlin Conference
Governed by a foreign power.
colony
This reason was religious in nature where some Europeans thought it was the only way to save Africans' souls.
Convert to Christianity
He was the King of Belgium that committed genocide in the Congo.
King Leopold II
In order to subdue the people in this country the British authorities forcibly took land, introduced forced labor and passed legislation that ensured natives became subjects of the British settlers.
Kenya
Explain the role that slavery played in imperialism.
stole warriors/ depopulated the continent/ made it easier for Europeans to take over
Allowed its own government but was under the control of a foreign power.
Protectorate
Due to the Industrial Revolution, Europeans went to Africa to steal these to continue to keep their factories running.
Natural Resources
He was the leader of Ethiopia and led a successful resistance movement.
Menelik II
This was a rebellion against the Germans in East Africa where 20 different ethnic groups united and fought the Germans. Armed with spears against German machine guns 75,000 Africans were killed.
Maji Maji Rebellion
Prior to imperialism, Africans traded with these people. (think of your maps)
The whole world
Controlled by private businesses rather than by a foreign government.
Economic Imperialism
Europeans needed these, where they would sell items made in the factories.
markets for their goods
He was the leader of an African tribe who fought the British in South Africa, and was initially successful.
Shaka Zulu
In this country the leader successfully played Europeans against each other, built up a large arsenal of modern weapons and beat the Italians at the Battle of Adowa so badly that no other European nation attempted to take over.
Ethiopia
This term sprung from the European belief that Africans needed to be watched over and taken care of like children, by providing for their needs but not giving them any rights.
paternalism
Claimed as the exclusive investment or trading realm of a foreign power.
Sphere of influence
Europeans thought it was their duty to civilize the Africans because they thought they were innately better according to this belief system.
social Darwinism
This group were dutch settlers/ invaders who took over parts of South Africa.
Boers
It took France about 70 years to fully control this country since occupying it on July 5, 1830. This African group of people only gained their independence from France in 1962, after fighting a ferocious war of liberation between 1954 and 1962 which claimed the lives of an estimated 1.5 million.
Algeria
This was when the colonized (Africans, for example) groups were forced to reject their own culture and embrace the colonizer’s culture.
assimilation
This is when foreign officials were brought in to rule, there was no self-rule, the end goal was assimilation and the government institutions are based ONLY on European styles.
Direct control