Part 4: The Scramble For Africa Flashcards
Explain Africa’s land as late as 1870.
Much of it was still free of European control. European colonies that did exist were limited to the coast where they could control trade into the interior.
What was the scramble for Africa?
When European countries began a rapid process of colonization.
What happened to the map of Africa by 1914?
It had been transformed, carved up into European colonies.
The industrial revolution, through ……. led to ……. ………
Capitalism
Economic motives
The French Revolution, through ……. led to …….. ………
Nationalism
Ideological motives
What creates demand?
New products needed growing markets to be sold.
Many products were therefore sold back to Africans-creating demand.
What did products being produced much faster and more cheaply create the need for?
A greater supply of raw materials.
The industrial revolution created the ……… ……… for European countries to colonise Africa.
Economic motives.
What did owning a colony mean?
Access to cheap raw materials.
Ability to sell manufactured goods back to its inhabitants to make substantial profit.
What did the industrial revolution also create?
Technological advancements that made it easier for Europeans to colonise.
Name two technological advancements that made it easier for Europeans to colonise?
- Steam ships cut travel time to Africa by more than half.
- Breechloading rifles increased the reliability, accuracy and rate of fire of firearms.
Name two of the most important advancements that assisted Europeans in their rapid colonization of Africa?
- Anti-malaria drip QUININE
- First machine gun MAXIM GUN
Name 3 ideas that gave way to the ideology of nationalism.
- The French Revolution gave rise to the idea that people belong to nations first, not individual kings or queens.
- Nations were imagined as communities that spoke the same language and had the same culture and customs.
- The success of the French revolutionary armies showed how powerful countries could become when they were unified as nations.
