1. THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM (COLONIES) IN AFRICA (p. 93-104 in Global Mosaic) Unit 1 – Africa Lesson 6 – European Colonies Your Name ______________________________ Period ______________

2. EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM Look at p. 97-98 What were the three motives for Europeans wanting to take over Africa? HINT: LOOK FOR BOLD PRINT Economic Motives Political Motives Religious Motives (cheap resources) – newly industrialized Competition between nations Spread the word of God

3. EUROPEAN INVASION Africa was colonized in phases. This was not planned… it just developed this way. 1500s1700s 1800s Owned just the coastlinePushed inland to control Some of the interior Took over all of Africa

4. Explain this picture… 1.Who wants a piece of Africa? 2.How well are they sharing Africa? 3.Who is completely disregarded in this political cartoon?

5. Colonies in Africa Explain the significance of this map.

6. Colonies in Africa 1.What two European nations took the most African land? 2.Why is it that the French don’t really have “valuable” land? (what type of land form accounts for most of their claim?) 3.What two nations remained independent?

7. Independence for Africans

8. New Nations Compare the two maps on p. 110 and 99 1.How were the national borders established? 2. Why will this be a problem? The borders created by the European nations for their African colonies were used to create the borders for new African nations. (explanation is on p. 111, top left) Rival tribes were stuck together, and would lead to… CIVIL WARS

9. This is a picture of European colonists dealing with the Africans in their colonies. Describe five things you see…

10. This is a cartoon from the 1800s. It’s called THE COLOSUS OF RHODES. What is the artist of this political cartoon trying to say about the relationship between England and Africa in the 1800s?

11. Paired Work

12. How did Europeans treat the Africans in their colonies? What was the view they had of the Africans?

13. The man is Cecil Rhodes 1.What is he standing on? 2.What is his gesture? 3.What does that gesture suggest? 4.How big is he? 5.What sort of things is he dressed in / wearing? 6.What is his expression like? 7.How much of Africa is he standing on? 8.He represents England. What do you think England (and France) have done to Africa, at this point? 9.Rhodes has strings in his hands, as if he’s a puppet master. Who / what is the puppet? 10.What is the artist suggesting in this cartoon? 11.How does this artist support colonialism? THE COLOSUS OF RHODES

14. Answers to previous questions

15. Consider… Most historians believe that the way the Europeans interacted with the world in the 1700s and 1800s messed up a lot of places. Africa included. Go back and look at the motives for Europeans to enter Africa. Was there a better way to accomplish these goals? List the three, and come up with a better plan.