Question 1

• Name the conference that European countries came together to lay claims on Africa?

• A. Vienna Conference• B. Berlin Conference• C. London Conference• D. Moscow Conference• E. Southeastern Conference

Question 2

• Which of the following raw materials can be found in Africa?

• A. Gold & Salt• B. Tin and Copper• C. Cocoa & Rubber• D. Rubber• E. All of the Above

Question 3

• Which African leader was able to fight off the British?

• A. Shaka• B. Buddha• C. Dalai Lama• D. Porter the Great

Question 4

• Which country was the first to settle in South Africa?

• A. English• B. Germans• C. French• D. Dutch• E. Spanish

Question 5

• Dutch settlers were known as what?

• A. Bears• B. Boars• C. Flying Dutchmen• D. Chaps• E. None of the above

Question 6

• The Boar War was fought by which countries?

• A. Dutch & South Africans vs English• B. French vs English• C. Germans vs English• D. French vs Germans• E. Dutch & South Africans vs French

Question 7

• At the end of the Boer’s War, what country began to control South Africa?

• A. South Africans• B. English• C. Dutch• D. Germans• E. French

The Division of Africa

• France pushed west from West Africa to Sudan

• South Africa the discovery of gold and diamonds

• All Europeans wanted to be part of the interest

Berlin Conference 1884-1885

Berlin Conference 1884-1885

• To prevent war with other European countries• Rules put into place • European countries could lay claims on land in

Africa by notifying other nations of its claims and showing it can control the area.

• Africans were left out the meeting• By 1914 only Liberia and Ethiopia were free

from European control

Business in Africa

• Africa provided raw materials– Copper & Tin– Gold & Diamonds

• No new markets• Developed cash crops– Peanuts, Palm Oil, Cocoa

& rubber• Displaced food crops to

feed families

Clash over South Africa

• South Africa was sought by the Dutch and British

• Various Ethnic groups competed for that land

• Zulus began to fight British troops 1816

• Led by Shaka• Used disciplined

warriors and good military organization

After Shaka Death

• Shaka is killed in 1828 by 3 assassins

• Leaders after Shaka death could not keep the empire together

• By 1879, the Zulu King Cetshwayo refused to dismiss his army

• Zulu nation fell to British at the Battle of Ulundi

South Africa (Cape Colony)

• Dutch settle in 1652– Ship weigh station

• Boers – Dutch settlers• Early 1800’s British took

over the Cape• Boers and British fought

over issues of land and slaves

Great Trek

• Boars began to move to the north

• Moving into new areas, the Zulu and other African groups began fighting for their land

The Boer War

• Diamonds and gold were discovered between the 1860’s through the 1880’s

• Boers tried to keep this discovery a secret• Outsiders tried to create an uprising to gain

political rights• Boers blamed the British for the uprising and

took up arms against them in 1899• First modern “total” war

The Boer War

• South Africans fought in the war for the Dutch

• Dutch and Africans captured were sent to concentration camps

• British Killed• 14,000 Africans • 27,000 Boer Women• 24,000 Boer Children

The Boer Wars

• Ends in 1902• By 1910 the Boer Republics were joined into

self-governing Union of South Africa (controlled by the British)

• As the British conquered and other European nations conquered they began to make changes in the lives of people in political, social, and economic ways.

Question 1

• Name the conference that European countries came together to lay claims on Africa?

• A. Vienna Conference• B. Berlin Conference• C. London Conference• D. Moscow Conference• E. Southeastern Conference

Question 2

• Which of the following raw materials can be found in Africa?

• A. Gold & Salt• B. Tin and Copper• C. Cocoa & Rubber• D. Rubber• E. All of the Above

Question 3

• Which African leader was able to fight off the British?

• A. Shaka• B. Buddha• C. Dalai Lama• D. Porter the Great

Question 4

• Which country was the first to settle in South Africa?

• A. English• B. Germans• C. French• D. Dutch• E. Spanish

Question 5

• Dutch settlers were known as what?

• A. Bears• B. Boars• C. Flying Dutchmen• D. Chaps• E. None of the above

Question 6

• The Boar War was fought by which countries?

• A. Dutch & South Africans vs English• B. French vs English• C. Germans vs English• D. French vs Germans• E. Dutch & South Africans vs French

Question 7

• At the end of the Boer’s War, what country began to control South Africa?

• A. South Africans• B. English• C. Dutch• D. Germans• E. French