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QUIZ (out of 7)…

1. Define imperialism.2. List the 4 major motives for European

imperialism.3. List one Southeast Asian colony ruled by the

British.4. Define protectorate5. Who led the Filipino fight for independence?6. Was the Filipino fight for independence

successful?7. What is the difference between indirect and direct

control over colonies?8. List one negative impact of colonization on the

peoples of SE Asia.9. T or F – early resistance movements in colonized

nations were largely successful

QUIZ ANSWERS…1. The extension of a country’s power over other lands.2. Economic motives, competition, desire to spread

Christianity and racism/Social Darwinism3. Singapore and Burma4. A political unit that depends on another government

for its protection.5. Emilio Aguinaldo6. No7. Indirect = colonized peoples ruled on behalf of the

colonizing countryDirect = local rulers were replaced by Western rulers

8. Plantation agriculture – foreign owners, local laborers earning horrible wages and getting almost no profit from exports. Bad conditions lead to death.

9. F

Homework – read and outline pages 456 – 458 AND pages 461 – 463 DUE TOMORROW!!!!

Collect paragraphs DRILL – list the 7 continents.

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Mini-quiz

1. T or F – by 1914, Egypt was a protectorate of Great Britain.

2. Why were both Britain AND France interested in controlling Egypt?

3. The Suez Canal connected what two bodies of water?

4. Explain Social Darwinism in your own words.

Homework – read ALL of 14.3 (466 – 471) and take notea

Ota BengaRead article& discuss

Chapter 14, Section 2Empire Building in Africa

Africa before Imperialism

Before colonization, Africa was divided into 100s of ethnic groups and languages

Many people practiced traditional religions

Powerful African armies, rough terrain and African-controlled trade networks prevented any European domination. Until…

Nations Compete for Overseas Empires

Central Africa Sparks Interest – Dr. Livingstone (1860s), European guy, went

to the Congo looking for the mouth of the Nile

Livingstone stayed in the Congo and other white guys thought he was missing. A guy named Henry Stanley came looking for him.

Stanley found him.Stanley then convinced the Africans to sign

treaties with the Belgians – the Congo River Valley went to King Leopold II of Belgium

Hypocritical Leopold King Leopold from Belgium took over the

Congo Leopold said he wanted to stop the slave

trade Then Leopold exploited the Africans Other European countries got jealous

Native laborers who failed to meet rubber collection quotas were often punished by having their hands cut off

Isn’t the white man awesome?

Hypocrisy in the Colonies

King Leopold II – his companies forced Africans to Complete forced

labor Pay high taxes Collect sap from

rubber plants

Cecil Rhodes

Thought Anglo-Saxons were the superior race

Got $$$$ by exploitingAfrican resources

Forces Enabling Imperialism Europeans had a lot of advantages

Better technology – guns etc.Means to control an empire; railroads,

cables, steamers allowed close communication within a colony, and between the colony and the imperializing nation

Europeans found drug to cure malaria (quinine)

Africans lacked weapons and unity

Once gold was found in 1867 (in Sudan), and in 1886 (South Africa), the scramble for Africa began

Berlin Conference14 European nations met at the Berlin

conference in 1884-1885No African representativeAgreed that any European nation could

claim land in Africa by notifying other nations and by showing control over the area

Results of the Berlin Conference

Africa was literally divided up into European colonies

By 1914, Ethiopia and Liberia were the only two African territories free from European control.

South Africa In South Africa, Zulu warriors were led by a

guy named Shaka Zulu. Shaka was awesome When he died, the Zulu were conquered by

the British

Three Groups Clash in S. Africa

Africans, Dutch and British all want control of S. Africa

Major fights = Zulu versus the British and Boers (Dutch settlers) vs. the British

Many Boers were forced to move north in the “Great Trek” to avoid the British

Once they got north, the Boers started fighting with the Zulu and other Africans

The Boer War

Between the Dutch and the British First modern “total war” – British

burned down Boer farms and imprisoned women and children in concentration camps

Britain won – 1902 the Boer territories were all ceded to the British

Boer women and children at a concentration camp