AFRICAN HISTORY VOCABULARY

Berlin conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTjBNppdk-M

BERLIN CONFERENCE 1884-1885 Meeting between European nations to create rules on how to PEACEFULLY divide Africa among them for colonization. RESULT: Basically gives people the right to take advantage of Africa’s resources.

Missionary Religious Christian groups were going into Africa to convert Africans to Christianity

Imperialism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkJNGfb7eRg

imperialism European nations fighting to gain control of Africa’s land AND resources. Fight for land known as the SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA!

African Industrial revolution Europe was running out of resources Europe had exhausted resources so they increase productivity by exploiting Africa's resources

Colonization of Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47wyvMv5ba8

Colonization of africa Motivated by the Europeans want for African resources. Africa split up by the Europeans during the Berlin Conference.

Triangle trade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPoTkW2FDk4

Triangle Trade Ships from Britain brought cloth and weapons to Africa African kings traded slaves for these things Slaves were then shipped to America to be sold. The goods traded for the slaves in America were then shipped back to Britain

Partition of africa Began with the Berlin conference Made the borders of African Countries Africa was split up for European countries.