9th Ch. 19 pgs 425-432

Read Page 425: Who practiced the enslavement of Africans before the Europeans?

*2 answers

• Muslims

• African tribes

• China

• America

Read the top of page 426:

Select 3 true statements about the atrocities of the slave trade voyage:

*3 answers

• only about 25%, or 1/4, survived the voyage

• many died of disease from being overcrowded, contaminated food/water

• others died by choosing to jump into the ocean instead of being subjected to those conditions and slavery

• about 25%, or 1/4, died on the voyage

What was the "race" known as, when European countries were trying to claim parts of Africa?

*hint: don't be reading racist

*4 words INCLUDING "the"

Read page 428. Then match the European nation to the African region it sought to conquer:

• Southern and Northeast areas

• Britain

• northern and western areas

• Belgium

• the Congo

• Germany

• southwest (Namibia) and East (Tanzania)

• France

What was the name of France's army that oversaw France's expansion/imperialism?

*2 words

Who was the director of British imperialism?

*first and last name

Who was in charge of Belgium's imperialism in Africa?

What is true of King Leopold II from Belgium?

*3 answers

• he controlled the Congo Free State

• his people were so cruel to the people there that the Belgium government removed him

• the name was changed to the Belgian Congo

• he lost his power in the Congo to Britain

Read the top of page 430: How was Russia different from the other main players regarding imperialism and expansion?

• they took over whatever they could get their hands on

• they focused mainly overseas

• they focused mainly on their neighboring borders

• they were uninterested in expansion and imperializing

Read page 430, then Match the country with its motivation for imperialistic expansion:

• did not want Russian victory to upset the balance of power

• France

• Napoleon wanted to add prestige to his legacy

• Britain

• sided with Britain and France with the goal of unifying Italy

• Russia

• expanding its territory

• Sardinia