Scramble for Africa ET

The ___ was a period in the late 1800's in which major European countries rapidly colonized nearly the entire continent of Africa.

• Conversion

• Scramble for Africa

• Apartheid

• The Atlantic Slave Trade

Why did Europeans FIRST become interested in Africa?

• trade routes

• desire for gold

• meeting new people

• spreading Christianity

Why did European countries want to colonize Africa?

• They wanted more natural resources and new people to sell too.

• They were just mean and cruel

• They needed the land and slaves

• Their realized how beautiful it was.

As a result of needing more natural resources, European nations wanted to __________________ and control Africa.

• destroy

• colonize

• bring countries together

• share recipes

What does it mean to colonize?

• the uniting of a continent’s people to fight for their independence

• when one country takes control over another country and then sends its people to settle that country

• laws created to enforce segregation in South Africa

• the uniting of a country’s people to fight for their independence

What was the Berlin Conference

• A conference held to split up the country of Africa between European countries

• A conference held to end colonizing throughout the world

• The conference that started WWI

• The conference that helped organize the United State constitution

At the Berlin Conference, _____________________ was invited to help make the decision about how Africa would be divided up.

• no one from North America

• no one from Europe

• no one from Africa

• every country was

How did colonization affect African societies?

• Europeans helped the continent by finding its valuable minerals to show the African societies

• Europeans used the best land and took wealth out of the country, leaving African communities of people poor

• Europeans provided high paying jobs for Africans.

• African societies were helped out a lot because foreigners removed slavery from Africa

Which TWO countries "owned" most of the land in Africa?

• Great Britain

• France

• Germany

• Italy

What impact did European colonization have on the culture of Sub-Saharan Africa?

• Due to colonization, Africans received higher-paying jobs

• Due to colonization, many European languages are spoken here

• It had no impact