AKS 40a Partitioning of Africa

During the Imperialism period, many African borders were decided by...

• Europeans

• Africans

The Berlin Conference led to...

• Partitioning in Africa

• Partitioning in Southwest Asia

• Learning about the culture many African people had

• Palestinian and Israeli conflict

The European colonizers largely ignored...

• African Culture

• African Religion

• Previous conflicts African tribes had

• Borders that already existed among African cultures

Redrawn borders led to..

• Conflict among African tribes

• African tribes working together to kick out of the European colonizers

• Trade Barriers with Europe

• African nations to gain new resources

Which of the following is a major reason for European Imperialism of Africa?

• Access to Natural Resources

• Access to freshwater

• They wanted to spread Democracy to the people of Africa

• So they could build the Suez Canal

Why were European countries competing with each other for more land?

• More land = More Natural Resources

• More land = Less natural resources

What is imperialism?

• Creating new trade agreements with other countries

• Industrializing your country

• Expanding your empire by taking territory

• Not getting involved with foreign nations

Places like African countries were appealing to imperial countries because

• They had many resources, raw materials, and markets

• They had different cultures that people wanted to learn about

• They had extremely powerful militaries

• They had alliances together against European countries

Due to the Scramble for Africa, most of Africa was

• Divided into spheres of influence

• Colonized by Europeans

• Independent of foreign rule

• At war with each other

Which of the following was true about the way natives reacted to imperialism?

• Natives welcomed foreigners as superiors

• Natives were happy to form new alliances with the Europeans

• Natives often felt disrespected and wanted to fight back

• Natives attempted to invade the homelands of the foreigners