Life in Africa

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Life in Africa

• Before the 1800s Africa had hundreds of ethnic
  linguistic groups
• By 1870s 80 of African nations below the Sahara
  Desert were led by kings, tribal leaders, or
  chiefs
• These groups were getting along and
  co-existingup to a point
• In early 1900s contact with Europeans grew as
  explorers went deeper into Africa to see what was
  out there
• All this looking around led to some countries
  wanting moreand imperialism begins!

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IMPERIALISMin Africa
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Definition

• What is imperialism?
• When a stronger nation takes over a weaker
  nationand gets??
• WHEN 1850-1914

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What does this cartoon show?What is it trying
to say?
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Our Questions

• Why would Europeans want to imperialize Africa?
• What was this like for some countries in Africa?

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Reading Time!

• Put all extra books, binders, bags in the back of
  the room
• Set up stations
• 3 minutes per station

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Grab highlighters

• As we review what was read, highlight the facts
  you wrote that are the same as in the powerpoint
• Write in any facts you missed

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WHY 1 Political/Military - GLORY

• There was a need for steam-powered merchant ships
  and basesso take what you can anywhere
• Must stop rival countries like France and Great
  Britain from becoming too powerful
• Its all about the GLORY of taking others and
  gaining respect!

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WHY 2 Religious GOD

• Missionaries were sent to convert the peoples of
  Africa to ChristianityGOD
• European rule was the best way to save the animal
  people of Africathey need to be fixedno more
  savages
• Wanted to civilize (westernize) the people of
  foreign lands
• Positive these groups help make schools,
  hospitals, roads, and dams

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WHY 3 Economic GOLD

• Europeans needed African resources and raw
  materials to make their products
• Copper, tin, gold, diamonds, peanuts, palm oil,
  cocoa, rubber were vital for European wealth
  and profit for all including Africans
• Problem created less farms for food and more for
  the goods others needed
• GOLD taking the resources from the country and
  making more for your country

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WHY 4 SOCIAL DARWINISM -A Social Belief

• Evolution Survival of the Fittestthose who
  were fittest for survival enjoyed wealth
  success, superior to others
• Non-Europeans lower scale of cultural
  physical development
• Westerners had a right duty to bring progress
  to other countries because they were the
  best/fittest

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CECIL RHODES

• I contend that we (Britons) are the first race
  in the world, and the more of the world we
  inhabit, the better it is for the human race It
  is our duty to seize every opportunity of
  acquiring more territory that more territory
  simply means more of the Anglo-Saxon (white)
  race, more of the best

What is Mr. Rhodes talking about? Could this be
racism?
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King Leopold

• Wanted the resources in Congo
• Used the idea of exploring to take from the
  natives
• Treated the natives as slaves, whipping,
  punishing, raping anyone not working hard enough

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Leopolds Treatment
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Lets Play a Game!!

• Create groups of three or four
• Read the directions with me on your game sheet
• Play, play, playwin as much land as you can!!!
• Winners will get extra credit points so keep
  track carefully
• HOW does this game connect to real life?

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BERLIN CONFERENCE

• European competition for African colonies was
  fierce so in 1884-85 they met to discuss
• Conference of 14 European nation in Berlin,
  Germany to lay down rules for the division of
  Africa
• Any European nation could claim land in Africa by
  notifying other nations of its claims showing
  it could control the area
• No African leader invited to attend, no thoughts
  about African groups and how they might feel
  about being controlled/taken over
• By 1914, only Liberia Ethiopia remained free
  from European control

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Colonization of Africa (before and after others
take over)
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Impact of Imperialism

• Looking at the following pictures, we need to
  create a list of positive and negative effects of
  imperialism

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Impact of Imperialism

• What are the positive and negative effects of
  imperialism?
• With a partner or your group discuss your list of
  effects from your handout
• Add anything from your partner(s) to your list
• Together write an E (Europe), A (Africa), or B
  (both) after each effect depending on who is
  connected to it

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Picture Time

• Grab an index card and jot down your reactions to
  each picture (just make a list).
• Now GET UP and walk around!!

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Positive/Negatives

• Team lists
• Review together

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Who is the winner!?!

• Lets compare our lists
• EXIT TICKET on the back of your index card,
  answer the following questions
• What are four reasons Europeans imperialized
  Africa?
• What is one positive and one negative effect of
  this imperialism in Africa?

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HOMEWORK

• Grab a reading called That Was No Brother
• Read it and answer the questions in full
  sentencescan be done on lined paper

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STOP
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Exit Ticket (index card)

• Give 3 reasons why Europeans imperialized Africa
• Name 2 African nations never imperialized
• List 1 effect of imperialism in Africa (positive
  or negative)