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what did europeans do from the 15th century

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explore continents outside of europe in search of trade and profit

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what did the europeans develop during the european renaissance

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new technologies of navigation
better ships
better weapons

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the european countries did not only explore and trade but they also …

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conquered and colonised on every continent

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what is colonialism

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the occupation and control of one nation by another

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what did the colonisation of africa became known as

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the scramble of africa

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what is to scramble

defination

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compete in a crazy manner in order to get something that other people want

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in 1914 which countries had helped themselves to the whole african continent

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britain
france
portugal
germany
belgium
italy
spain

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which countries were still independent

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ethiopia
liberia

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up until when was africa ruled by africans

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19th century

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….% of africa was owned by different countries in europe

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98

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what happened in 1884

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otto von bismarck invited european powers to a big conference in berlin so that they can decide how they would divide up africa without fighting

britain, france and germany took the biggest pieces because they were the strongest european countries at that time

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who was the german prime minister

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otto von bismarck

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what is the capital city of germany

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berlin

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what did king leopold ll of belgium think of africa

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africa is a magnificent cake

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what is an empire

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a group of countries ruled by a single government

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what are colonies

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areas that europeans took over

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what is colonisation

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taking control of of land and the people living in it usually by force
process of taking over other countries

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how many colonies was africa divided into

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46

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how many countries are there in africa

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54

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what was a turning point in African history

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colonization of the Africa continent by European powers
the legacy of this colonization still affects Africa today

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britain took over … …. … after germany was … in … … … and called it ….

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German East Africa
Defeated
World War l
Tanganyika

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tell me about the rivalries between different african leaders

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> African kings and chiefs competed with each other to be the richest and most powerful
european powers persuaded some african leaders to side with them

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main reasons for european colonisation in africa and explain

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1.Search for raw materials and profits
>Europeans wanted to have direct control of raw materials
>They took over land. which they farmed for cash crops
>ivory, rubber, diamonds, gold, cotton, cocoa, coffee and vegetable oils were taken out of Africa and made into manufactured goods in europe
>factories in europe produced cloth, clothing, alchool, guns, knives and forks

  1. Growth of nationalism in Europe
    >by the end of the 19th century european countries were fighting among themselves and competed to be the richest and most powerful nations __ nationalism
    >they took over more land and became richer and strengthened their power
  2. Christian missionaries
    >they wanted to spread their beliefs and European customs among african people
    >they called africa the dark continent
    >they believed that white people were superior to black people
    >they had a duty to bring light to the dark continent
    >Jesus said: “ Go then, to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples “
    >They words are written in Matthew in the new testament
  3. the discovery of quinine
    >Europeans that tried to explore in Africa suffered and died from malaria when they were bitten by malaria carrying mosquitoes
    >in the 1850s it was discovered that quinine was an effective treatment for malaria
    >it reduced Europeans deaths from malaria by 4/5 ths
    >quinine made it possible for European armies to go to highly infested malaria areas
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what are cash crops

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crops that are grown to be sold for a profit

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what is a fact
something that is known to be true and can be proved to be correct
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what is an opinion
shows how people feel about the facts a belief someone has about a topic
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what is immunity
resistance to disease
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what is an epidemic
a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease . many people are infected at the same time
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tell me about the disaster that happened after 1895
>there was a serious drought >caused by a sudden decline in rainfall >hardly any crops were produced >food shortage caused the death of many people and animals >a plague of locusts destroyed crops >the cattle plague (rinderpest) of the 1890s killed cattle, sheep and goats >95% of cattle in africa died >this resulted in the starvation and death of many people >people were weak and unable to fight against colonizing powers.
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how would European countries take over land
used force and violence
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why were africans not able to get the maxim gun
european countries made an agreement with eachother that they would not sell them to Africans
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in the late 1890s africans were affected by ...
smallpox epidemics
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the european powers had the advantage of ... when was it invented and what could it do
the maxim gun in the 1880s could fire 11 bullets a second
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what happened when the Ashanti lost their independence
they were not given political rights in the gold coast power was taken away from the Ashanti leaders they were forced off their own land and onto farms or factories where they worked for low pay to make the British richer they were forced to work for wages to pay taxes to the british colonial government little money was spent on healthcare and education
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what disadvantage did the indigenous population have with the smallpox epidemic
had no immunity or resistance many became sick and many died
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what did Britain spend more money on
railways and roads so that they could get resources that they wanted as quickly as possible
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legacy
lasting results or effects inherited from the past
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turning point
a great change in the course of history
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tell me about the gold mask
it was seized by the british from kumasi, ghana in 1874 is now part of the Wallace Collection , london , united kingdom
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the ashanti kingdom is part of ...
the republic of Ghana
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onslaught
a sudden and severe onset of trouble
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paramount
most important
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name the gold mining company that formed in 2004
AngloGold formed by the merger of the south African company called AngloGold and Ghanaian company called Ashanti Goldfields Corporation
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africa is rich in...
raw materials minerals
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why are the borders a little funny
colonisation wars - borders often shifted and changed
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europeans wanted direct control of things like..
cotton wood sugar ivory tea rubber diamonds gold vegetable oils
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how many countries were there in africa in 2012
47
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what happened between 1824 and 1901
British fought 4 wars against the Ashanti
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who is the 16th asantehene, king of ashanti
King Osei Tutu ascended the golden stool on 26 april 1999 he is in direct succession to the founder of Ashanti, Osei Tutu l
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who was the queen mother and what did she do
Yaa Asantewaa led the war of the golden stool
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the ashanti defeated the british empire in the first ... wars but in the end...
3 the ashanti kingdom became part of the British colony called the gold coast
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how was the golden stool rediscovered
discovered in 1920 a group of men stole most of its gold ornaments and melted them down
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in ... the british occupied the ashanti capital...
1896 Kumasi
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...was appointed as the british governor in ...
Major Hodgson 1898 he demanded that the ashanti leaders hand over the golden stool so that he could sit on it
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maji
water in the Ki Swahili language
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German East Africa was colonised by ...
Germany
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they sent king... and several chiefs and elders into exile
Prempeh l
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when did britain finally defeat the ashanti
1902
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what happened in 1902
Karl Peters - Governor of German East africa decided to introduce cotton plantations in the south east bad idea - soil wasnt right
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resistance
the action of opposing something that you disapprove of or disagree with
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when did the maji maji rebellion break out
1905 began in Kinjikitile village
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tell me about the missionaries
helped convert indigenous people to Christianity they believed that to become a christian, people had to be removed from their indigenous cultures brought christian message, european values and a way of life. european languages, alphabet and writing, styles of dress, buildings, furniture, music and food.
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what happened in 1905
a prophet named Kinjikitile said he had discovered a spring that had magic water claimed that bullets fired at anyone who had been sprinkled with the water would have no effect
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... maji maji were dead
75 000
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before europe colonisation, the west african region was part of a ... ... ...
thriving trade network
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tell me about racism
africans were forced to do all the hard work europeans began to regard those who were not white as servants racism or racial prejudice is judging someone by the colour of their skin
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what things did the west africans produce and trade
millet sorghum wheat kola nuts livestock ivory ostrich feathers cloth gold
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west africans exchanged goods for .. from traders in the ...
goods sahara desert, europe and middle east
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name the things that they imported
salt copper brass silver tin lead tobacco dates textiles clothes made from wool, silk, velvet or satin books paper cowrie shells tea coffee sugar spices jewelry perfumes bracelets mirrors carpets glass beads
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between 11th and 17th centuries ...
west africa was the leading supplier of gold in the world
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africa has produced ... of all the gold ever mined
2/3s
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myth
elaborate stories which explains things
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legitimate
in accordance with law
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who reigned in 1701
Asantehene Osei Tutu
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tell me abouth the golden stool
a sacred symbol of ashanti unity and nationhood motivated the ashanti during resistance against british colonialism in 1701, a priest told the king that the supreme god had told him to call an object from heaven that contained the spirit of the nation the stool descended from the skies which contained the soul of the ashanti people no one could be a legitimate ruler without the stool a new king was lowered and raised over the stool without touching it not even the asantehene was allowed to sit on it was not allowed to touch the ground was placed on its own chair
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the ashanti were ordinary people until the king made them into a great nation. explain further
an ordinary clasman - Anotchi, lived in a neighbouring kingdom he was experienced in medicine and magic that whn he fled to the ashanti, he said that nyame had sent him to make the ashanti a great people
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who is nyame
supreme god
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tell me about gold
most of the worlds gold comes from africa never rusts or discoloured does not become dirty or spotty goldsmiths work with gold to make objects 100s of ashanti gold artifacts remain intact to this day very heavy can be smelted, stretched and shaped without breaking a small piece can be hammered into a very thin sheet that it can be see through
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what did this akan kingdom control
other kingdoms the trade routes to the coast and some of the richest gold mines in africa
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one akan kingdom is...
the Ashanti also called the Asante
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why did european explorers call it the gold coast
they were astonished by the richness of the gold in the area
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the interest then changed to...
tens of thousands of slaves
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the early portuguese traders and explorers were interesting in the...
gold at first in the akan states
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tell me info about the queen mother
she wears glasses made out of gold they dont protect her from the sun to prevent her subjects from looking at her in the eye she is a very important person in the ashanti culture she is called the asantewaa she is a symbol of wealth that lays in the region she wore so much jewelry that she needed 2 people to carry her hands before she would wear a headpeice with beads to cover her eyes goldsmiths made glasses out of gold to show that she was very powerful
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king of ashanti is called the...
asantehene
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where would they sell africans to european traders
elmina
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the elmina castle was built by... in ...
portuguese traders 1482
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the slaves were kept in prisons called...
barracoons at elmina castle where the waited before getting shipped across the atlantic ocean
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from 1451 to 1870 ... west africans were taken to americaas slaves as part of the trans atlantic slave trade
12 million
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tell me more about the elmina castle
british took over it when they become more powerful now it is a world heritage site in ghana
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ashanti traders got ... and ,,, in exchange for people
horses guns
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later they began to exchange ...
cloth metal items copperware brassware manufactures good like, bracelets, water jugs, shaving bowls , barbers basins, chamber pots, urinals and kettles
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