Transcript Scramble for Africa Review

Scramble for Africa
Review
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• Read chapter 33 Imperialism
• Jigsaw Discussion on Thursday
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Foundations of Empire
European Imperialism
Emergence of New Imperial Powers
Legacies of Imperialism
• Harkness Table on Friday
• Unit 5 Test next Wed ( take notes on concept outline), can use on test
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What were the motives for Imperialism?
• “Social Darwinism”, Racism
• Economics motives ( raw materials, new markets)
• “Stealing is cheaper than dealing”
• Nationalism
• Humanitarian/ religious motives.
• “White Man’s Burden” to look after their “Brown Brothers”
What happened at the Berlin Conference in
1884?
• Otto von Bismarck hosted a conference in which 12 European
powers set up rules for colonizing Africa.
• No African countries were present!
What problems did the partition of African
create for Africans?
• African tribes were often cut in ½ between 2 colonies controlled
by 2 different European nations
• Sometimes rival tribes were put together in the same colonies (
Hutus & Tutsis)
• Europeans did not pay attention to African culture or history
How did the Africans respond to European
imperialism?
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Most tribes responded violently or rebelled!
Some reluctantly accepted European Rule
Some Africans fully cooperated with the Europeans
Ethiopia was the only African nation to successfully ward off Italy
in the Battle of Adwa in 1896
What is the significance of this cartoon?
• Cecil Rhodes British Imperialist
• “From Capetown to Cairo”
What were the negative aspects of European
Imperialism?
• Violence, wars
• Exploitation of raw materials
• Genocide in the Belgian Congo ( millions of Congolese were
murdered by King Leopold regime)
• No sovereignty for Africans
Were there any positives to European
imperialism?
• Yes!
• Added Infastructure: dams, railroads, roads, schools, telegraph
communication lines
Who said, “We are the finest race in the world and
the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is
for the human race”?
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E.
Simón Bolívar
Theodore Roosevelt
Ito Hirobumi
Cecil Rhodes
Otto von Bismarck
The most important figures in the uprising in
1857 in India were
A. Russian military officials looking for an advantage in the Great
Game.
B. disgruntled sepoy troops.
C. French agents working to cause unrest in an important British
colony.
D. the representatives of the Indian National Congress.
E. American soldiers looking for an excuse to pry India away from
British control.
What methods did the Europeans use to rule
Africa?
• Direct Rule- replaced African rulers with their own. Europeans set
laws, taxa codes etc.
• Indirect Rule- worked with current leaders ( British Used Indirect
rule)
The Monroe Doctrine
A. ensured that neither the Europeans nor the Americans would
ever interfere in western hemispheric affairs.
B. opened Japan to U.S. trade.
C. gave the British an inroad into New Zealand.
D. worked as a justification for U.S. intervention in western
hemispheric affairs.
E. handed the Philippines over to the United States
The social Darwinists believed that
A. sharp distinction had to be made between the biological and
social worlds.
B. only a socialist political and social structure would keep humans
from destroying themselves.
C. more powerful nations had to protect weaker nations.
D. powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies.
E. human beings had reached the point at which competition
among nations was no longer necessary.
The chief victim of late nineteenth-century
European imperialistic expansion was
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B.
C.
D.
E.
South America.
Oceania.
Africa.
central Asia.
southern Asia.
The Berlin Conference
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B.
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D.
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set up a timetable for decolonization in Africa.
devised the ground rules for the European colonization of Africa.
ended the Crimean War.
established the Triple Alliance.
legitimized the German colonization of the Marshall Islands.
Which matching of imperial power and colony
is not correct
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B.
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England and New Zealand
Germany and the Marshall Islands
Dutch and Indonesia
United States and Fiji
France and Tahiti
The United States occupied Cuba, Puerto Rico,
Guam, and the Philippines after its victory in
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B.
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D.
E.
World War I.
the Opium War.
the War of 1812.
the Filipino Civil War.
the Spanish-American War.
Emilio Aguinaldo led an uprising in
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Mexico against the Spanish.
Fiji against the British.
Indonesia against the Dutch.
the Philippines against the United States.
Brazil against the Portuguese.