Bell Ringer #9
Monday, December 3rd
Map Study from page
#99 in textbook –
answer all 3
questions!
Homework #3
Chapter #4 Review from page #105
Reviewing the Main Idea – questions 6,7,8.
Thinking Critically – question #1 – must be
1 full paragraph
Loose Leaf paper / neatly done / name on
top
Due Wednesday, December 5th
After today…
Students will be able to find out why
Europeans carved up Africa into colonies.
Students will be able to determine the
advantages that the Europeans possessed.
Students will see how the Africans resisted
European occupation.
What is Imperialism?
The process of building an empire
or
When one country takes over
another for economic profit
What caused European imperialism?
1. Gold =
Industrial Revolution
 Allows for the quick
consumption & production of
goods.
Desire for Raw Materials
Desire to sell goods to new people
What caused European imperialism?
2. God =
Desire to spread Christianity &
European culture
• Shows belief in racial
superiority
What caused European imperialism?
3. Glory =
Nationalism among European
countries fuels competition
• Superior weapons of Europeans
• Internal rivalries & weakness of
African governments (result of
slave trade)
King Leopold II
King Leopold’s Ghost
Berlin Conference
13 Countries meet in Berlin (1884) to divide
up the continent of Africa.
No Africans were invited to this meeting.
Result = various African ethnic groups have
been placed into one “nation”.
Source of many problems that still impact
modern Africa.
Examples
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) –
called the rape capital of the world.
Rwanda – site of a horrofic genocide
between the Hutus and the Tutsis.
Your turn…
To “fix” the
scramble for Africa
– you must complete
the crossword
puzzle.
Use pages #97 – 101
in your textbook.
Did you know?
In 1902, Joseph Conrad
published a book on
European Imperialism
of Africa called the
“Heart of Darkness.”
This book was the
basis for the 1979
movie Apocalypse
Now.
The Gambia
Cecil Rhodes
Cape to Cairo
Cecil Rhodes was a
British Imperialist and
business tycoon.
DeBeers Diamonds
Rhodes Scholarship
Country of Rhodesia
now called Zimbabwe
Rhodesian Ridgeback
I was thinking…
If a child grows up in a
dysfunctional or abusive family
what type of adult will that child
most likely become?
Resistance
The Zulu Nation
fought several wars
against the growing
European presence in
the Southern part of
Africa.
Eventually the
Europeans were able
to defeat the Zulus.
Homework #3
Chapter #4 Review from page #105
Reviewing the Main Idea – questions 6,7,8.
Thinking Critically – question #1 – must be
1 full paragraph
Loose Leaf paper / neatly done / name on
top
Due Wednesday, December 5th