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    The document summarizes the major motivations and events that led to European colonization of Africa between the 15th-20th centuries. Key motivations included seeking new markets and resources following industrialization in Europe, nationalism and the desire for empire, and the belief in social Darwinism which asserted European superiority. Major events facilitating colonization included European exploration of the interior led by missionaries and explorers, the Berlin Conference which divided Africa among European powers, and conflicts over territories like South Africa which resulted in European control over most of the continent by 1914.

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    The document summarizes the major motivations and events that led to European colonization of Africa between the 15th-20th centuries. Key motivations included seeking new markets and resources following industrialization in Europe, nationalism and the desire for empire, and the belief in social Darwinism which asserted European superiority. Major events facilitating colonization included European exploration of the interior led by missionaries and explorers, the Berlin Conference which divided Africa among European powers, and conflicts over territories like South Africa which resulted in European control over most of the continent by 1914.

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    The document summarizes the major motivations and events that led to European colonization of Africa between the 15th-20th centuries. Key motivations included seeking new markets and resources following industrialization in Europe, nationalism and the desire for empire, and the belief in social Darwinism which asserted European superiority. Major events facilitating colonization included European exploration of the interior led by missionaries and explorers, the Berlin Conference which divided Africa among European powers, and conflicts over territories like South Africa which resulted in European control over most of the continent by 1914.

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    Constructive Response Question

    Generalize what the European


    motivations for colonizing Africa
    Imperialism to Independence
    were: Outcome: Imperialism in Africa
    1. Setting the Stage: Layers of History
    a. Ancient _________
    Egyptians and _________
    Nubian in the north left Africa with impressive _____
    ruins
    b. Rule by the __________
    Persians Greeks
    and __________ spread culture
    c. The __________
    Ottoman Empire brought __________
    Islam
    d. The _________ _______ controlled northern Africa after the defeat of Carthage
    Roman Empire

    2. Imperialism
    a. Prior to European domination, African people were ________ divided into hundreds of
    ethnic and linguistic groups and continued to follow ________Traditional________
    Belifes
    Islam
    b. Some converted to ________ and ______________
    Christianity
    c. Due to ______________,
    industrialization Europeans competed for new markets to buy goods
    imperialism
    d. This led to European ____________ 19 th and ___
    in Africa in the ___ 20th centuries
    the seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country disease
    e. Imperialism: _______________________________________________________
    f. ________ and African ________
    Armies had discouraged European exploration in the past
    g. Humanitarians, explorers, and missionaries who were ________theagainst Atlantic Slave
    Trade were ________ to travel to the interior
    h. In the 1860s, ______
    David ____________,
    Livingstone a missionary from Scotland travelled to
    Africa
    i. Feared dead, American ______ _______ found Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika
    Henry Stanley
    and his greeting “___________________________?”
    Dr. Livingstone, I presume became world famous
    j. Stanley’s further exploration of the ______
    Congo sparked the interest of King Leopold II
    of Belgium who took control of these lands with treaties and _________
    exploited the people

    3. Social Darwinism
    National Pride
    a. ________ ________led to the desire for more colonies
    b. Europeans viewed an ________
    empire as a measure of national ___________
    greatness
    c. Simply put: Europeans ________________________
    Belived they were better than other peoples; _______
    racism
    d. Based on Charles Darwin’s “____________________,”
    survial of the fittist European attitudes were a
    reflection of a social theory known as ________ _____________
    social darwin
    e. Essentially they believed those who were the fittest for survival enjoyed ________
    wealth
    and ________
    success and were considered ________
    superior to others
    f. This colonization push also came from missionaries looking to ______ spread _________
    Christianity
    g. _______, quinine for malaria helped Europeans push into Africa
    Railroads maxim gun, and _______

    Berlin Conference
    4. The ___________ _____________
    a. The discovery of _________ gold in 1886 in South Africa increased
    Diamonds in 1867 and _____
    European interest in colonization
    b. To prevent ____,
    war ___
    14 European nations met at the Berlin Conference in 1885-85 to
    lay down rules for the _______________________
    division of Africa
    c. They agreed that any European nation could claim land by ________ other ______
    and showing they could ____________________
    d. Very ________ ________ was given to how the African groups would ________
    e. No ________ ________ was invited
    f. By 1914, only ________ and ________ remained free of European control

    5. Clash over South Africa


    Zulus
    a. The ________ British
    under leader Shaka fought bravely against the ________
    1887
    b. Zulus almost win but the Zulu nation fell to Britain in ________
    c. ________
    Dutch settlers known as ________
    Boers settled the Cape of Good Hope in 1652
    d. Fought the British when the British ________
    British Took________
    Over
    e. Led to the ________
    Boer War ________between the British and the Boers
    f. Britain finally won and created the ________ __ ________
    Union of South America ________in 1910

    6. Legacy of Colonial Rule


    a. Negative Effects
    i. Africans ________ ________ of their lands and their ____________
    Lost Control Independence
    ii. Many ________
    Died of ________
    Smallpox
    iii. Thousands ________ ________ European rule
    Died Resisting
    iv. Traditional ________ _____________
    culture breakdown
    v. ________ combined or unnaturally ________
    division of Africa ________ divided groups
    gold
    vi. Valuable goods such as ________, diamondswere taken out of the
    salt, and ________
    profit
    continent as well as the ________ that was made

    b. Positive Effects
    local warfare
    i. Reduced ________ ________
    ii. ________
    sanitation was provided; ________
    hospitals & ________
    schools built
    iii. ________
    life spans ________and ________
    literacy rates increased
    iv. ________,
    Railroads ________,
    dams and telephone/telegraph wires were built; mostly
    benefitted ________
    Europeans

    Constructive Response Question


    Generalize what the European motivations for colonizing Africa were:

    so that they could exploit and export Africa's resources.

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