What is the Scramble for Africa?
Label for a period of time when European competed and took over Africa in the late 19th century (1800s)
What did Europeans want from Africa?
- Markets for their goods
- Raw materials to reproduce goods
- A monopoly on selling their goods
Who was King Leopold and what did he do?
King of Belgium that forced Congolese workers to supply rubber for the growing tire industry by using brutal practices
What were the legacies of King Leopold’s actions?
Congolese population fell 50% after the rubber trade
How did the British East India Company hold a monopoly on trade?
- Only the BEIC could trade in India and Asia
- Formed alliances with traditional Indian rulers to keep trade flowing
- Created their own army to deal with competitors
What was The British Raj?
A time when Britain officially took strict rule over India
What is mercantilism?
-> Resources taken from colonies by Imperialist powers -> Imperialist powers make goods out of resources -> Imperialist powers sell goods back to colonies ->
What are the 4 motivations of imperialism?
- God (culture/religion)
- Glory (prestige)
- Gold (resources)
- Geography
What are legacies of imperialism in Africa?
- Loss of Lives
- Loss of culture and language
- Racism
- Political instability
- Poor economic conditions
- Warfare
What is the apartheid?
Apartheid means “apartness” and was created in the 1950s to segregate populations in South Africa by creating a set of laws that ensured white population kept political and economic control
What is the Rwandan Genocide?
Europeans during the period of the scramble for Africa created racial differences between two cultures by empowering one over the other leading to jealousy and the mass genocide of one group
What was the Berlin Conference?
A conference held by European Countries to decide which nation had control over which area in Africa
