imperialism

Question 1

imperialism

Answer 1

creation of an empire through conquest

Question 2

Bantu

Answer 2

general label for 300-600 ethnic groups in East African who spoke Bantu language

Question 3

Mwami

Answer 3

Bantu word for king

Question 4

Ubuhake

Answer 4

feudal social order in Rwanda and Burundi from 15th Century to 1958

Question 5

Rwanda origin (background info)

Answer 5

green and fertile territory for thousands of years
humans migrated during neolithic period

Question 6

Twa

Answer 6

earliest inhabitants of Rwanda
group of pygmy forest hunters and gatherers

Question 7

Ubuhake social order

Answer 7

Hutu used Tutsi cattle
Tutsi use Hutu as military
expected to pay tribute to mwami through livestock or produce
according to common religion, mwami was divine and absolute monarch
no evidence of systematic violence before colonisation
Tutsi (24% of population)
Hutu (75%)

Question 8

German rule

Answer 8

Rwanda was divided in 1890 conference in Brussels
continued ubuhake
social- white man’s burden to civilise and spread Christianity
political- national pride, military bases, and source of troops
economic- raw materials for industrialisation and trade