Industrialization & Colonial Economies
The Scramble for Africa & Resistance
The Boer Wars & European Imperialism
Economic Systems & Post-Colonial Struggles
Key Leaders & Events
100
This economic system, which promotes private ownership and free markets, was the foundation of European colonial economies.
Capitalism
100
This 1884-1885 meeting divided Africa among European powers without African input.
Berlin Conference
100
The Boers were settlers of this European descent.
Dutch
100
This economic system seeks to eliminate private property and establish collective ownership of resources.
Communism
100
This Ethiopian emperor led his nation to victory at the Battle of Adwa.
Menelik II
200
European nations extracted these from African colonies to fuel their industrial economies.
Raw Materials
200
Ethiopia defeated this European country at the Battle of Adwa in 1896.
Italy
200
The British used these detention facilities to control Boer civilians during the Second Boer War (soon to be taken by a famous moustache man)
Concentration Camps
200
This ideology promotes government control over major industries while still allowing some private enterprise.
socialism
200
This country is a large source of precious minerals, including Coltan
Congo
300
This major technological advancement helped European powers transport goods and troops more efficiently across Africa.
Railroads
300
This African nation remained independent partly due to its ties with the United States.
Liberia
300
The Boer Wars were largely fought over control of these valuable resources.
Gold and diamonds
300
Ghana and Nigeria struggled economically after independence due to their dependence on these.
Raw Materials and Cash Crops
300
This Kenyan leader was a key figure in the independence movement against British rule.
Jomo Kenyatta
400
Forced labor systems in Africa often required people to grow these instead of food crops.
Cash Crops
400
This military leader and king played a key role in resisting British colonial rule in Southern Africa.
Shaka Zulu
400
This British imperialist believed it was the duty of the Anglo-Saxon race to expand and civilize the world (incuding a Speech on Imperialism)
Cecil Rhodes
400
Some newly independent African nations turned to this economic system to avoid Western economic dominance.
socialism
400
This European monarch controlled the Congo Free State as his personal colony, leading to widespread exploitation and human rights abuses.
Leopold II
500
This term describes the economic dependence of former colonies on their colonizers even after independence.
neocolonialism
500
This North African country fought a brutal war for independence from France from 1954-1962.
Algeria
500
After the Boer Wars, this famous racial segregation policy developed in South Africa.
Apartheid
500
This man, the first prime minister of the Congo, was suspected of being aligned with communism, leading to his assassination.
Patrice Lumumba
500
This Algerian nationalist organization led the fight for independence from France in the 1950s and early 1960s.
National Liberation Front (FLN)