What Was the Driving Force Behind European Imperialism in Africa

Between 1500 and 1800 the main reason Europeans did not enter the interior of Africa was because of diseases like Malaria. The The western coast of Africa was known as the white man’s grave.

• True

• False

When was the Berlin Conference and what did it do?

• To prevent war with African nations

• The Berlin Conference was in 1884 and 1885. It divided up much of Africa among several European countries including England, France, and Germany

• For Bismark to assist European countries

• To discuss the division of colonies.

What place were Africans given at the conference table in Berlin?

• Next to England

• Next to France

• Next to Belgium

• No place at the table

What is Malaria?

• A disease caused by parasites carried by mosquitoes

• Tax-free and restriction-fee exchange of goods between nations

• Work performed by laborers against their will

• The transportation of slaves from western and central africa to the Americas

What was the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?

• A disease caused by parasites carried by mosquitoes

• The idea that a colonizing country must actually have roads, soldiers, and a working government

• The transportation of slaves from western and central africa to the Americas

• The policy or practice of taking control of another country

Answer explanation

Remember to use the term "enslaved" rather than slave.

Imperalism is...

• The policy or practice of taking control/ dominating another country

• The idea that a colonizing country must actually have roads, soldiers, and a working government

• Work performed by laborers against their will

• Tax-free and restriction-fee exchange of goods between nations

Forced Labor is...

• The transportation of slaves from western and central africa to the Americas

• The policy or practice of taking control of another country

• Work performed by laborers against their will

• The idea that a colonizing country must actually have roads, soldiers, and a working government in a country before it is considered their colony

Rule of Occupation

• Tax-free and restriction-fee exchange of goods between nations

• The idea that a colonizing country must actually have roads, soldiers, and a working government in a country before it is considered their colony

• Work performed by laborers against their will

• The transportation of slaves from western and central africa to the Americas

Free Trade is

• The transportation of slaves from western and central africa to the Americas

• The policy or practice of taking control of another country

• Tax-free and restriction-fee exchange of goods between nations

• A disease caused by parasites carried by mosquitoes