Section 1 Flashcards
Reasons why Europeans were discouraged from conquering Africa
- Europeans could not navigate African rivers, which had many rapids, cataracts, and changing flows
- Disease also discouraged Europeans
Imperialism
The seizure of a territory by a stronger country
David Livingstone
- a missionary from Scotland
- traveled with a group of Africans into deep Central African to promote Christianity
King Leopold II
-claimed that his primary motive in establishing the colony was to abolish the slave trade and promote Christianity
Belgium treatment of the Congo
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Four motives driving imperialism
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Racism
The belief that one race is superior to others
Social Darwinism
- a social theory of the time
- the application of Charles Darwin’s ideas about evolution and “survival of the fittest” to human societies — particularly justification for imperialist expansion
Three factors that contributed to Europe’s conquest of Africa?
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Which discoveries in 1867 and 1886 increased European interest?
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Berlin Conference; Why is it unfair?
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Which natural resources came from Africa?
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Shaka
- a Zulu chief
- used highly disciplined and good military organization to create a large central state
Boers
- Dutch settlers and farmers
- gradually took Africans’ lands and established large farms
Great Trek
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