40a - Explain how the European partitioning across Africa co

When a country controls the lands of another to gain from their resources and sends settlers...

• colonialism

• segregation

• enclave

• partition

What does partitioning mean?

• to divide up

• to take over

• to cause conflict

• to teach

Artificial political boundaries are....

• boundaries made by Europeans that ignored historical and ethnic borders

• boundaries made by Europeans that follow along rivers and mountains

• boundaries made by Africans that properly divided ethnic groups

• boundaries made by Africans that separated ethnic groups and put rival ethnic groups together

What is Imperialism?

• when one nation is able to control other, usually smaller or weaker, nations

• loyalty and devotion to a nation especially as expressed in a glorifying of one nation above all others

• shared or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

The scramble for Africa can be described as.......

• fighting for natural resources and land in Africa

• spreading religion

• establishing new trade routes

• Europeans working together to get new African trade routes

The modern day political boundaries, civil wars, and conflicts found in Africa can often be traced back to which of the following event?

• European partitioning and colonization

• Ancient African trading empires

• European cooperation in the late 1800s

• Asian invasions in the 1800s

The invasion, occupation, colonization, and annexation of Africa territory by European powers during the New Imperialism period between 1881 & 1914

• Apartheid

• Colonization

• Scramble for Africa

• Imperialism

How did the Europeans “partition” Africa?

• At the Berlin Conference in 1884 the European countries divided Africa for natural resources.

• At the Paris Conference in 1886 the European countries divided Africa for natural resources.

• European countries just showed up with their military and took over.

• Europe never took anything from Africa.

Which conclusion is accurate based on the map above?

• the partitioning of Africa into colonies creates uneven and artificial political boundaries

• European countries divided Africa because there were no civilizations there in 1914

• modern African countries probably enjoy these boundaries because they all follow rivers

• there were so many European countries that had colonies in Africa, so there was little conflict