Partition of Africa
In 1884-1885 the Berlin Conference was held and partitioned the rest of Africa among European powers, there were this many African representatives there.
What were 0?
This fossil fuel (that is mined and burns dirty) was heavily utilized by early factories, steamships and locomotives.
What was coal?
Industrial Revolution brought about great popularity for billiards and pianos in wealthier peoples' homes...as well as accessories with white trim made from this animal's tusks. They were almost hunted into extinction in Africa to meet this demand.
What were elephants?
This was the most common method of workers' protesting for better working conditions; however doing so led to people being beaten, arrested, fired, and even killed.
What was to go on strike?
To make a change.
What is to reform? A person who works for changes is a reformer.
This Belgian king was jealous of his cousin Queen Victoria's empire, so he tricked the Congress's representative that he was going to bring civilization and Christianity to the Congolese people of Central Africa, instead, he brought genocide.
Who was King Leopold II?
Finding these two incredibly valuable resources was a huge motivation for European settlers to immigrate to South Africa.
What were gold and diamonds?
Plastics changed the ways people were entertained in the early 20th century because they were used in these two new forms of entertainment.
What were motion picture films and phonographs (records)?
Five types of pollution.
What are air, water, light, sound and ground pollution?
Organizations of workers that were formed during the Industrial Revolution to gain better pay and better (safer) working conditions.
What are labor unions?
Northwestern Africa was largely claimed by this European country in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
What was France?
These people were paid the least, and often lived in workhouses (especially if they were orphaned), the results of their long hours and unsafe conditions led to shorter life expectancies and crippling injuries and diseases.
Who were children?
What type of plastics are the most detrimental to the environment?
What are single use plastics?
Reasons why industrialists would ignore scientists, doctors and reformers who called for more protections for the environment and for the health and safety of the people who worked in these factories and lived in these cities.
What were
1. it would cost more money and cut into their profit
2. they did not necessarily believe the science regarding human health, exposure and how diseases are spread
3. they didn't believe the government had the right to tell them what to do with their privately owned business or regarding their health and what water they could (or could not) drink.
What were tenements?
Initially, the first Europeans to claim South Africa would be the Dutch, however by the early 19th century South Africa was taken over by this empire.
Who were the British?
This agricultural commodity helped to replace the slave economy in west Africa after its abolition, and literally lubricated the wheels of industry.
What is palm oil?
Reforms to limit children working led to the development of these publicly funded institutions for children to attend while their parents worked.
What are public schools?
Empire building, conquering by one nation over other foreign lands and their people and natural resources.
What is imperialism?
This was the only country in Africa to defeat the attempts at colonization (for them it was by the Italians) and remain independent headed into the 20th century.
What was Ethiopia (also called Abyssinia)?
This transportation method would be built to extract the resources from the interiors of countries and continents (especially Africa and India) during the industrial revolution to benefit their European colonizers. By the way, they were built and funded by the taxes paid BY colonized.
What were railroads?
The struggles of people working in the Industrial Revolution were captured by many different authors who observed the horrific conditions and impacts, especially this British author of A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist and Great Expectations, who described the terrible conditions and inequality with incredible details.
Who was Charles Dickens?
The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
What is colonialism?