Scramble of africa Flashcards
what were the motivations for Imperialism?
1.Social Darwinism: Inspired by the ideas of evolution and natural selection
2. Cultural: White Man’s Burden.
3. economics
4. nationalism
What was white mans burden.
The idea that European people have a responsibility to show and teach other cultures their ways
Means of Imperialism (think Industrial Revolution):
- Maxim machine guns
- Steamships
- Quinine (a medicine for malaria)
Impact of Berlin Conference of the 1880s
- Negative impact on Africa, almost 90 percent was divided up between European powers (without the say of Africa).
what was the relationship between African and europeans before the Berlin Conference?
it was a trade relationship that was based along coastal cities
what was the lasting effect of the Berlin conference
In 1950 and 60 colonial boundaries become actual nation boundaries
who was Leopold the second ?
- he made the International African Association.
- he said that he would end the slave trade and spread Christianity.
- Congo became his own personal colony
- Driven by nationalism
what was important in Congo
The ivory and the rubber
why did Leopold terrorize the Congolese people
because he wanted to get a lot of ivory and rubber
what country took over Congo when Leopold surrendered
Belgium did in 1908
who was Patrice Lumumba
was the first leader of the independent nation of Congo.
was viewed as a communist.
died in 1961 as he was assassinated.
what happened after the death of Lumumba?
led to the dictatorship of Mobutu which lasted from 1965-1997. Under his reign widespread human rights violations occurred and the wealth of the nation was exploited for his own personal gain and outsiders.
who occupied Ethiopia
Italy
Why was Ethiopia successful even though they resisted imperialism?
This is because their guns and technology was already good enough
what was Ashanti known for?
- Their palm oil.
- they also tried to negotiate their independence with Britain which led to the war of the golden stool.
3.from Ghana
who were the Hereros
they were cattle farmers who resisted giving their land to Germany, which ended up causing Germany to create the first genocide against them
who occupied Namibia
Germany
who were the maji maji
- Tribal groups in Tanzania.
- Thought if they had this special medicine they would become invincible to the Germans.
who occupied Tanzania.
Gb and Germany
who were the Zulus
Powerful empire in South Africa, who ended up being defeated by Britain’s
who occupied South africa
GB
who occupied Egypt
GB
who was Cecil Rhodes
Was greatly affected by social Darwinism.
he created a large mining system in South Africa which was able to find diamonds and gold.
he relied on slave-like labor to build his empire
prime minister of cape colony
what was the Boers war
war that was fought between the British and the dutch in south africa
what did the Boers war cause
it caused the whites to have a greater stance in south africa than the blacks, which later caused the apartheid.
what was the effect of the Sharpville massacre
- That Nelson Mandela and the African National congress had to take a more aggressive stance against the government.
- fir major incident in where a lot of black people were killed in South Africa
who occupied Algeria
France
Who occupied Kenya
GB
who occupied Angola
Portugal
Who occupied Nigeria
GB
Who occupied Ghana
GB
