1. Warm Up – February 19 What does this political cartoon illustrate?
At what time in history did it take place?

2. Warm Up – February 23
Sir Charles Elliot wrote the following in a London newspaper in 1905:
“We have in East Africa the rare experience of dealing with a tabula rasa, an almost untouched and sparsely inhabited country, where we can do as we will, regulate immigration, and open or close the door as seems best.”
Tabula rasa means blank slate.
What does this quote mean?
Based on what you have learned about Africa at this time, do you agree with this statement?
Why or why not?

3. Warm Up Feb. 27 What does this document show?
How does this document relate to the quote we read about the “Blank Slate?”
Does this support this quote?

4. Notebook Update
26 – 2/27 – Voyage of Discovery and European colonialism
27 – 2/27 – African History Background and questions
28 – 2/27 – What’s the Question?
29 – 2/27 – Vocabulary List
30 – 2/27 –Scramble for Africa
31 – 2/27 – Imperialism Map and Questions

5. Warm Up – February 20
The first map is from about 1850 and the second one is from 1860.
On your Warm Up page list at least 3 differences that you notice?
Return this page to the stack for next class to use.

6. Warm Up – February 23 This is a picture of the Berlin Conference.
Who is conspicuously missing from this picture?
When did it take place?

7. Warm Up – March 2 What does this cartoon illustrate?
What do the men represent?

8. List at least three strange things.
Warm Up – March 3
In Document 3 why did the native people think the news from the “Pink Cheek man” was strange?
List at least three strange things.

9. List at least three positive effects.
Warm Up – March 4
Document 4 provides some reasons why colonialism in Africa was positive.
List at least three positive effects.

10. List at least two examples to support your opinion.
Warm Up – March 5
In general, do you think the European colonists brought advantages to Africa or disadvantages?
List at least two examples to support your opinion.

11. Warm Up – March 6
From memory or from your green textbook page 68, write the definition of refugees.
List at least three examples of refugees. You can do this from your knowledge or from page 68.
Return the book to the rack under your desk when you finish this.

12. Warm Up – March 9 Get out your DBQ essay section.
Attach your rubric to the top of your essay
Be sure you have checked off all parts of the essay on the rubric
Give your section to the person who wrote the conclusion
This person will put it all together and turn it in.
On your Warm Up page write two ways that this DBQ process was different from the ways that you have done it in the past.

13. Warm Up – March 11
Get out your South Africa Timeline that you worked on yesterday and use it to answer the following questions:
What country first colonized South Africa?
What country defeated this group to take control of South Africa?
How many years was Nelson Mandela imprisoned?
Who was the president of South Africa who ended apartheid?

14. Warm Up – March 12
Government Review:
What are the government systems used to distribute power?
What are the types of ways that citizen participation is determined?
Which system and type do we have in the United States?

15. What is the purpose of a trade barrier?
Warm Up – March 13
Economics Review:
What is the purpose of a trade barrier?
List three types of trade barriers
Define one of the terms on your list