East Africa

Question 1

Geography

Answer 1

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi - split into 3 geo areas: inland plateau, coast and zanzibar

Question 2

Inland plateau

Answer 2

Area around the great lakes
Home to various states of different sizes

Question 3

Coast

Answer 3

Historically dominated by Arab traders (and portuguese in 16th c)
Formally a possession of the Imam of Oman, but mostly ruled by local shaikhs

Question 4

Zanzibar

Answer 4

Major hub for african-asian trade
Influenced much of the coastline and some inland through arab alliance
1840: became the capital of the omani empire - succeeded by 2 more heirs

Question 5

European interests

Answer 5

Historical: portugal
Economic: british and german - for trade
Strategic: britain (cape to cairo)

Question 6

Carl Peters

Answer 6

Triggered German interests in africa
12 treaties w inland tribes in 1884

Question 7

Berlin conference

Answer 7

1885
Britain and germany would be the major players in east africa
Sultan of zanzibar forced to recognise this agreement

Question 8

Division of land

Answer 8

1886: division of east african land
British: kenya
German: tanzania, burundi, rwanda
Portugal: mozambique

Question 9

German british conflict

Answer 9

Tension in Equatoria and Uganda: british historical claims and cape to cairo goal

Question 10

Zanzibar Helgoland treaty

Answer 10

1890
Uganda to Britain but extended German Africa to congo border
Zanzibar to Britain, Helgoland to Germany
Madagascar to France

Question 11

German violence

Answer 11

1888-1904: 84 huge military campaigns
1905-06: maji maji war - 10,000s of african deaths

Question 12

British violence

Answer 12

Considered itself the least violent coloniser
1894-1914: 50 armed ‘incidents’ in kenya

Question 13

French madagascar

Answer 13

1880s and 90s: Series of wars that didnt end well for france

Question 14

Cape to Cairo

Answer 14

Completed in 1936 w conquering of tanzania