Imperialism in Africa and Asia

Europeans were MOST interested in colonizing Africa in order to

• Bring civilization

• Take natural resources

• Spread Christianity

• Learn new languages

At the Berlin Conference, Europeans decided how to

• remove resources from Africa

• divide up Africa

• give power to African kingdoms

• support African rulers

Who was not invited to the Berlin Conference

• Britain

• Germany

• Spain

• Africans

Based on these maps, how did Africa change under Imperialism?

• Replaced African rulers with European rulers

• Replaced subsistence crops with cash crops

• European schools replaced African schools

• Forced women and children to become slaves to the Europeans.

Based on this map (& the map in your notes), what two African countries remained free of European imperialism?

• Liberia & Ethiopia (Abyssinia)

• Kenya & Rhodesia

• Somaliland & Egypt

• Nigeria & Togoland

What is imperialism?

• having kings and queens

• countries conquering less powerful places

• when you eat pears

• when a country becomes free or independent

Choose the TWO most powerful countries at the Berlin Conference

• Spain

• France

• Great Britain

• Italy

• Greece

What continent was divided at the Berlin Conference?

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

• North America

What is domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region

• Imperialism

• Industrialization

The infamous "Scramble for Africa" referred to:

• A major race that was held across the plains of Africa
• A period when the European powers conquered and divided most of Africa amongst themselves
• A war that Britain launched against the Boers in South Africa
• A period when the European powers rushed to establish friendly relations with nations across Africa