1. Imperialism and The Berlin Conference
Scramble for Africa
Imperialism and The Berlin Conference

2. Age of Imperialism
Imperialism- The quest for colonial empires

3. Motives for Imperialism
Economic gain
Political and military competition
A belief in the superiority of the Anglo Saxon race..

4. Factors that Drove Imperialism
Industrialization
The need for markets
The need for raw materials
The desire for power
The desire for prestige

5. Scramble For Africa
Western European nations race to divide Africa among themselves.
They draw territorial boundaries without regard to African’s ethnic, linguistic, and cultural divisions.
British rule gives rise to nationalist feelings and to resistance movements

6. Circa Before Colonization
Africa
Circa Before Colonization
Scramble for Africa

7. Berlin Conference
14 European countries try to set up rules to prevent nations from fighting each other for the division of Africa
Called for by Portugal and organized by Otto von Bismarck, first Chancellor of Germany

8. Countries of the Conference
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
the Netherlands
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Sweden-Norway (unified from )
Turkey
United States of America (did not participate)

9. Africa 1914 (Before WW1)

10. Any new or additional countries added to the “colonization” of Africa?
Africa 1918 (After WW1)
Japan- part of the Entente Powers (England, France, Russia)
Any new or additional countries added to the “colonization” of Africa?

11. Africa 1945 (After WW2)

12. Political Cartoons