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IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA
- 1914 –
Use the map on page 710 of your textbook, World History – The Human Experience, to locate
and label the following colonies on the blank map provided.
Algeria
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Angola
Bechuanaland
Belgian Congo
British East Africa
British Somaliland
Cabinda
Cameroon
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
French Equatorial Africa
French Somaliland
French West Africa
Gambia
German East Africa
German Southwest Africa
Gold Coast
Italian Somaliland
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Morocco
Mozambique
Nigeria
Northern Rhodesia
Nyasaland
Portuguese Guinea
Rio de Oro
Rio Muni
Sierra Leone
Southern Rhodesia
Spanish Morocco
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Union of South Africa
Next, colour-code the map to reflect the control of various parts of Africa by the following
European powers:
o
o
o
o
Belgian
British
French
German
o
o
o
o
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
Independent
Be sure to create a legend (key) in the blank box located in the lower left-hand corner of the map.
Define the following term:
partition –
Answer the following questions:
1. Describe three motives behind European imperialism.
2. Which European nation claimed the most colonies in Africa?
3. Which European nation claimed most of northwest Africa?
4. Which European nation claimed the area around the Congo?
5. Which nations managed to maintain their independence?
6. Why were European nations able to divide Africa among themselves?
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