1. Unit 7 – Imperialism through World War I
Lesson # 2 – Imperialism – Day 1

2. Imperialism through World War I
Bell ringer:
Have you ever tried to control someone younger, smaller, or weaker? Why? How did you assert your power? (if you’ve never done this, write about a time you’ve seen it done)
Objective:
Explain how the Industrial Revolution led to competition for resources among industrialized nations. Analyze the effects of competition on nationalism. Explain how new imperialism impacted colonized peoples.
Homework: Study Questions
Attach Part 1: Definition
Title Homework: Study Questions

3. The New Imperialism
1870s-1914 This overlaps with the Industrial Revolution, but they are NOT THE SAME!

4. Definition
Imperialism – the forceful takeover of one country/region by another

5. Explaining Rwanda Introduction to New Imperialism

6. Text Quest
Complete questions 1-7
Pages 757 & 758
Time: 20 minutes

7. Unit 7 – Imperialism through World War I
Lesson # 2 – Imperialism
(The Scramble for Africa)

8. Title: Imperialism and Political Cartoons
Bell ringer:
Quiz Today
Who or what should decide a country’s borders? Why?
Objective:
Explain how the Industrial Revolution led to competition for resources among industrialized nations. Analyze the effects of competition on nationalism. Explain how new imperialism impacted colonized peoples.
Homework:
Title: Imperialism and Political Cartoons

9. Imperialism Quiz Prepare for a timed quiz on Imperialism
You will need a half sheet of paper
Include Name, Date, Period, Title of Assignment
2 minutes per question
Write number and response only
No talking, papers will be collected

10. Imperialism Quiz
Which of the following is not a reason why the Industrial Revolution led to New Imperialism? (1 pt) ___
New technology allowed Europeans to better explore other parts of the world
A high demand for natural resources
Challenge of traditional authority in European government
Europeans felt compelled to share their industrialized advantages with the world

11. Quiz
2. Identify two European countries that participated in the Scramble for Africa. (2 pts) ___

12. Quiz
3. Explain how the Scramble for Africa prevented direct conflict between European countries. (2 pts) ___

13. Quiz 4. Desire for raw materials, new markets, and cheap labor
Desire to spread European civilization
Desire to control as much land as possible
These are all causes of… (1 pt) ___
a. Militarism b. Socialism c. Imperialism d. Ethnocentrism

14. Quiz
5. Explain Put the main idea of the “White Man’s Burden” into your own words: (2 pts) ___

15. Quiz
6. Which African countries were the only two to avoid being colonized by European powers? (1 pt) ___
Congo and South Africa
Kenya and Nigeria
Morocco and Tunisia
Ethiopia and Liberia

16. Quiz
7. Explain one reason why the Berlin Conference was unable to bring lasting stability to Africa (1 pt) ___

17. The Industrial Revolution
The IR leads to the colonization of Africa
New technology from the IR (such as the steamboat) allows Europeans to travel further inland in Africa than they had before
In his book Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad describes the interior of Africa as one of the last “blank spots” on the world map—New Imperialism changes that!
Business Owners need more factors of production (think land resources)—Africa has plenty!
“Keep the factories hot!”

18. Famous Explorers: Dr. Livingstone
British
Explored over 30 yrs
Anti-imperialist
Most famous explorer
“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”
Doctor David Livingstone (19 March 1813–1 May 1873) was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and explorer in central Africa. He was the first European to see Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya), to which he gave the English name in honour of his monarch, Queen Victoria. He is the subject of the meeting with H. M. Stanley, which gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr Livingstone, I presume?"

19. Cecil Rhodes British Explorer Came to South Africa at 17
Became one of the richest men in the world
Diamonds, gold
Wanted $ AND power
Very pro-imperialist
He was prime minister of Cape Colony (1890–96) and organizer of the giant diamond-mining company De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. (1888). By his will he established the Rhodes scholarships at Oxford (1902).

20. Scramble for Africa
European nations could get more land in Africa and Asia, and so did not need to fight directly over the land in Europe.

21. Scramble for Africa How is this character portrayed?
List the objects in this cartoon? How are they symbolized?
Are there any captions in this cartoon? Does it need any?
What information do you have that is relevant to the political cartoon? Explain and be specific.

22. Scramble for Africa
Africa Before European Colonialism : 7th to 16th century
Africa After Colonialism (Postcolonial era):

23. How is this character portrayed?
List the objects in this cartoon? How are they symbolized?
Are there any captions in this cartoon? Does it need any?
What information do you have that is relevant to the political cartoon? Explain and be specific.
What is the overall message of this cartoon?

24. French Empire, 1914

25. British army officials and Indian princes playing polo in 1880
Examine photograph carefully. Look at expressions on faces and ask what the photographer intended to show. Is this photograph staged? How does the news media stage the news?
British army officials and Indian princes playing polo in 1880
What does this photo tell you about British-Indian relations at this time?

26. Elements for Political Cartoons
Editorial- point of view or opinion
Cynical-distrust of motives
Symbol-object represents something else
Caption- title and quotes
Caricature-exaggeration of personal characteristics
Personification-giving objects ability to speak, walk, etc.

28. Activity # 1: White Man’s Burden

29. Activity # 1: White Man’s Burden

30. Racist Motives?
Many Europeans justified taking over Africans’ land by saying they were helping the “African savages” achieve civilization
In his poem “The White Man’s Burden,” Rudyard Kipling explains African Imperialism as a mission from God to spread Christianity and other Western beliefs

31. Criticism
The books Heart of Darkness (written by a European) and Things Fall Apart (written by an African) both criticize the “White Man’s Burden” by saying the explorers did not care about helping Africans at all but about exploiting them to get rich

32. Activity 2: The Berlin Conference

33. 1884: The Berlin Conference
European leaders meet to stop fighting over Africa
No Africans invited
RESULT: no European country could claim part of Africa unless they set up a government office there
20 years later: Almost entire continent divided
No attention paid to traditional or ethnic patterns

34. Which colonial power had the most land?

35. Activity 3: The Map of Africa

36. Activity 4: Reactions to Belgian Imperialism in the Congo

37. Economic Effects in Africa:
Infrastructure built - roads, schools, hospitals, telephones, etc…
Cash crop economies - unsustainable and no diversification of foodstuffs
Uneven development - only areas around natural resources that mattered to Europeans

38. Other Economic Effects in Africa:

39. Resistance to Imperialism (Page 221 in Notebook)
Ethiopia – modernized already to successfully fight off Italian imperialists Liberia – founded by freed US slaves, and so had the protection of the U.S.

40. Modern Imperialism? Does Imperialism still exist?
In forms other than domination of another nation?

41. Modern Imperialism?

42. Exit Ticket
If the Africans had been invited to the Berlin Conference how would Africa be better today?
1 paragraph (5+ sentences) response
Draw an illustration with these elements
Editorial Cynical Symbol Caption Caricature Personification