Terms 1.0
Definition: Domination by one country of the political and economic life of another country.
what is IMPERIALISM?
Name the form of control:
In this case, French soldiers and rulers were sent to administer the colonies.
what is DIRECT RULE?
This person established his own colony in the Congo.
who is KING LEOPOLD II OF BELGIUM?
Manufacturers wanted to access natural resources , hoped for new markets where they could sell their factory goods?
(double for category: ECONOMIC INTERESTS)
True or False?
No Africans were invited to the Berlin Conference. In fact, European powers partitioned almost all of Africa.
TRUE
Definition: the idea that European races were superior and destined to conquer weaker races.
what is SOCIAL DARWINISM?
A bitter war from 1899-1902 between Britain and the Boers (descendants of the Dutch). In the end, Britain won but at a great cost to them.
what is BOER WAR?
This is the area settled by free blacks from the United States of America
where is LIBERIA?
Employed both tactics of direct and indirect rule here.
COLONIES
True or False?
European nations scrambled for African colonies partly to bolster their national image, and partly to further their economic growth and influence.
TRUE
Definition: people who sought to win other people to Christianity.
who are MISSIONARIES?
Name the form of control:
In this case, sultans, chiefs, and other rulers were chosen to govern their colonies.
what is INDIRECT RULE?
who is NEHANDA?
Missionaries, Doctors, and colonial officers believed they had to spread the blessings of western civilizations, medicine, law, and Christian religion.
NEW IMPERIALIST
(double points for category: HUMANITARIAN GOALS)
True or False?
Africa is a fairly small continent that had developed a unified cultured before European nations began establishing colonies.
FALSE
Name the form of control:
In this case, an outside power claims all rights to make investments or conduct trade.
what is SPHERE OF INFLUENCE?
Definition: Upper Class.
what is ELITE?
This person modernized Ethiopia and was able to keep the country independent.
who is MENELIK II?
How did people oppose western imperialism?
RULERS TRIED TO REFORM THEIR OWN SOCIETIES TO STRENGTHEN THEM.
True or False?
Missionaries took a paternalistic view of Africans.
TRUE
In fact, to them, African cultures and religions were "Degraded." They urged Africans to reject their own traditions in favor of the traditions of western civilizations.
Name the form of control:
In this case, the local rulers stayed in place but European advisors controlled trade and sent missionaries.
what is A PROTECTORATE?
what is CONGO FREE STATE?
This person, an explorer-missionary, wanted to open up Africa to Christianity and end the slave trade.
who is DAVID LIVINGSTONE?
Triple jeopardy
There are 3 large causes of the new imperialism. Name one of them.
True or False?
European explorers had a great fascination with African geography, but they had very little understanding of the peoples that they had met.
TRUE.