IMPERIALISM

Other Countries Taking Over…

UEQ and LEQ

UEQ: How did imperialism cause economic problems and revolution in developing nations?

LEQ: How did European colonization impact Africa, African people, and African land?

Vocabulary

Imperialism Racism Social Darwinism Berlin Conference Shaka Boer Boer War

Warm Up Question: If you lived in a country that was

taken over by another country, how would you react?

Turn to page 338 in your textbook and carefully read over the information on the page and study the picture.

Answer the question at the top of the page and the two questions at the bottom of the page in full complete sentences. (15 points)

Examples of Historical Takeovers… United States..takes over..Iraq and

Afghanistan English Pilgrims...take over..American land

from Indians Russia..invades Afghanistan..takes over

Afghanistan England..takes over..India China..takes over…Tibet

Imperialism: Cause and Effect Cause

Industrialization caused European countries to want new resources in Africa.

EffectImperialism: stronger

countries take control of the political, economic, and social life of weaker countries.

Africa Before European Imperialism- Create a four corner foldable, label the center “Africa Before” and use page 339 “Africa Before Domination” to fill in one fact in each corner about what Africa was like before European control

Africa Before

Africa Before European Imperialism

African people were

divided into

thousands of

tribes

European countries controlled only 10

percent of Africa’s land

Europeans did not travel around Africa due to no roads, dangerous rivers,

and disease

Africans controlled what they

made, sold, and

traded with other

people

Before

Exploration and Missionaries Most Europeans that went to Africa were

explorers, missionaries, or humanitarians.Effect: People that went to Africa wrote books

and articles about what they learned.Problem: People wanted more exploration of

Africa to learn more.

African Exploration

The Congo First African country to

be explored and taken over.

The king of Belgium hires explorers to colonize the Congo. Wanted to end slavery Change Africans’

religion to Christianity 10 million Congolese

die from Belgian control.

Forces Behind Imperialism Bubble Chart Graphic Organizer

Using your laptop you will use Inspiration 8 to create a bubble chart graphic organizer on ideas and beliefs that drove imperialism and caused European countries to take over other nations.

We will set the graphic organizer up together and you will use the section “Forces Driving Imperialism” on pages 340 and 341 to find the reasons behind imperialism.

Reason for Imperialism

Industrial Revolutiongave European countries a reason to take

over other countries.European countries needed new countries

to trade with and more resources to industrialize.

Reason for Imperialism Belief in Superiority

Europeans believed they were better than everyone else.○ This belief is called racism

Reason for Imperialism Social Darwinism

The strongest humans survive and the weakest humans died.

Europeans believed that if they took over weaker people they could help them become stronger.

Reason for Imperialism European Technology

Guns – Europeans fought against Africans easily.

Steam Powered Vehicles – Europeans could travel around the country quickly.

Medicine – stopped Europeans from getting sick due to African diseases.

Reason for Imperialism

Problems in AfricaToo many different languagesDifferent religionsFighting over land, water, and foodAll stopped Africans from uniting to fight

European control

Dividing Africa Map Activity Using page 343 in

your textbook and the blank outline map that I give to you, properly color in the blank map and show how European nations divided Africa.

Be sure to create a legend and label the different countries that divided up Africa.

Dividing Up Africa Map Questions1. Looking at the map, list three

problems you think could have occurred since countries were so close together.

2. Which country (s) controlled the most territory? Why do you think they did?

3. Which country (s) controlled the least amount of land? Why?

4. Do you think African people were treated the same, since so many countries controlled them? How were they treated?

Berlin Conference European countries

feared war over Africa so 14 countries met together.

European countries created rules to follow for dividing up Africa.Could conquer land only

by telling other nations.Did not considered what

the Africans wanted.

The Zulus Fight Great Britain What Happened?

The Boers Fight The British What Happened?

The Boer War

What Happened?

Comparing Sides of Imperialism

Positives Of Imperialism Negatives of Imperialism