history Flashcards
the name of the conference that met to discuss how africa was going to divide
berlin conference
prime minister of germany
otto von bismark
what was the conference about
to decide how to divide africa between leading european powers
why did africans think what happened at the conference was unfair
because they were not invited to the conference and they did not agree with colonisation which made them loose many things
colonisation
involves taking control of land and the people living on it usually by force
which european power colonised most of the african countries
britain
what are the areas the europeans took over called
colonies
which european country colonised the gold coast
britain
why was it called the gold coast
because it was rich in gold and near the coast
3 reasons why european powers were able to colonise Africa
natural disasters
new diseases
the invention of machine gun
in which year did the ashanti beat the british
1824
at which battle did the british defeat the ashanti
battle of dodoma
who was the leader of the british during the ashante defeat
gorvenor of garnet wolseley
what advantage did the british have over the ashante forces
armed with weapons
two results of the british colonisation of the gold coast
lost most of its gold treasures
people had to work for low wages
