27'2 The Partition of Africa

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27.2 The Partition of Africa
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1. Why were David Livingstone and Henry Stanley
important to the imperialism in Africa?

• Livingstone-Scottish doctor 1840 explored
• central Africa 30yrs set up Christian
• missionaries reports back to Britain
• Stanley-NY Herald journalist sent to find
• Livingstone and did so led expeditions
• himself
• led to new interest in Africa and its
• resources

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2. What did King Leopold II of Belgium mean when
he said Africa was like a magnificent cake?

• Africa was something to be consumed

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3. What (non European) empire was in control of
most of Northern Africa during the 1800s?

• Ottoman Empire

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4. What areas of Northern Africa did France
colonize? Summarize their experience

• Algiers(Algeria) Tunis (Tunisia) Morocco
• 10yrs of fighting in Algeria 1 million French
  emmigrants

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5. What brought Great Britain to Egypt?

• Suez Canal
• SO WHAT..? Why is it important?....

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6. How did Britain gain control of the area of
the Suez Canal (two part answer)

• Egyptian Khedive(governor) went into debt
• sold stock in Canal to Great Britain
• Egyptian nationalists rebelled, GB sent
• forces to protect interests

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7. What area did Britain and France nearly fight
over? How was this resolved?

• Sudan (Fashoda Incident) GB recognize
• French claim in Morocco and French
• W. Africa and France recognize GB
• claim in Sudan

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8. West Africa became the center for what trade?

• Slave Trade
• 9. What motivated Europeans to move further
  inland into Africa?
• (post slavery) To control trade of salt,
• gold, iron, cotton, cacao, palm oil, ivory, and
  rubber

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10. Explain the unique situation of Liberia.

• 1900-only indep state in W. Africa
• 1822-given to freed Am. Slaves
• indep republic 1847 backed by US

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11. Central Africa was dominated by which
European country?

• Belgium (Congo Free State)Congo basin, Congo
  River) Rubber and Ivory and forced labor
• King Leopolds personal plantation

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12. What region of East Africa escaped European
Imperialism? How?

• Ethiopia
• Menelik II

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13. Who were the first to settle Cape Town?

• Dutch

Netherlands
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14. They became known as what?

• Boers(Dutch wordFarmer) or Afrikaners
  wordfarmer)
• 15. Who fought in the Boer War?
• 1899-1902 Boers vs. GB
• 16. Who won this war? GB

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What was created in 1910?

• Union of South Africa
• 18. Explain the attitude of the different races
  in this area
• Boers believed in white racial superiority
• (resent Brit outlaw of slavey) New
• constitution segregate vs blacks..APARTHEID
• The Union is to be a Union of two races,
• namely the British and the Afrikaners
• the African is to be excluded
• South Africa is INDEPENDENT it is NOT a colony
  or controlled by a European nation.BUT.
• Its government is run by minority whites

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19. What were the economic effects of Imperialism
on Africa?

• Europeans used Mines, plantations, factories,
  Paid low wages to Africans and levied high taxes

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20. What were the social effects of Imperialism
on Africa?

• Separated from families, harsh discipline,
• Forced to learn and adopt European culture,
• and reject African culture
• (destroy traditional African ways)
• exploitation
• Benefits of European Imperialism-
• Industrialization/Technology
• Eradication of diseases vaccines
• Ex malaria
• Transportation and Communication/Trade