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The Scramble for Africa: A New Imperialism - Coggle Diagram
The Scramble for Africa: A New Imperialism
The Division of Africa
4 Consequences
-Boer War
-Zulu War
-10 million dead
-50,000 killed in Boer War
Nigeria, The Congo, South Africa, and Ethiopia
There were many different ethnic groups so they were forced to be together and they all believed in different things and spoke different languages.
Similarities and Differences
Similariites
Differences
Forces Driving Imperialism
Interests
They were interested in the Gold, Dimond, rubber and timber
They wanted to protect the trade routes
Lots of land
The Berlin Conference included 14 different European countries but no African countries were invited
Main causes of imperialism in Africa
They felt it was their duty to civilize the "savages" of the rest of the world
Believed they were superior (they were racist)
There was Gold and Dimond’s
Europeans needed raw materials for their factories
Belgium took over Congo and forced them to work long hours in rubber plantations
When Britain invaded South Africa Shakah put up a good fight, but it was very bloody and brutal
Europeans brought their steam engine machines and that allowed them for deeper ecplorations
Background
Very diverse
Many tribes, villages, empires and kingdom
Thousands of languages spoken
They were very strong, could fight against European countries and armies
The rivers were very unpredictable and wild, it was hard for the Europeans to go far into Africa
Africans worshiped in their own ways. They had many different communities who had their own Gods they worshiped and made sacrifices for.