THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM (COLONIES)

IN AFRICA(p. 93-104 in Global Mosaic)

Unit 1 – AfricaLesson 6 – European Colonies

Your Name ______________________________

Period ______________

EUROPEAN IMPERIALISMLook at p. 97-98• What were the three motives for Europeans wanting

to take over Africa?HINT: LOOK FOR BOLD PRINT

Economic Motives

Political Motives

Religious Motives

(cheap resources) – newly industrialized

Competition between nations

Spread the word of God

EUROPEAN INVASION

Africa was colonized in phases.This was not planned… it just developed this way.

1500s 1700s 1800s

Owned just the coastline Pushed inland to controlSome of the interior

Took over all of Africa

Explain this picture…

1. Who wants a piece of Africa?

2. How well are they sharing Africa?

3. Who is completely disregarded in this political cartoon?

Colonies in Africa

Explain the significance of this map.

Colonies in Africa

1. What two European nations took the most African land?

2. Why is it that the French don’t really have “valuable” land? (what type of land form accounts for most of their claim?)

3. What two nations remained independent?

Independence for Africans

New NationsCompare the two maps on p. 110 and 991. How were the national borders established?

2. Why will this be a problem?

The borders created by the European nations for their African colonies were used to create the borders for new African nations.

(explanation is on p. 111, top left)

Rival tribes were stuck together, and would lead to… CIVIL WARS

This is a picture of European colonists dealing with the Africans in their colonies.

Describe five things you see…

This is a cartoon from the 1800s.It’s called THE COLOSUS OF RHODES.

What is the artist of this political cartoon trying to say about the relationship between England and Africa in the 1800s?

Paired Work

How did Europeans treat the Africans in their colonies?What was the view they had of the Africans?

The man is Cecil Rhodes1. What is he standing on?2. What is his gesture?3. What does that gesture suggest?4. How big is he?5. What sort of things is he dressed in /

wearing?6. What is his expression like?7. How much of Africa is he standing on?8. He represents England. What do you

think England (and France) have done to Africa, at this point?

9. Rhodes has strings in his hands, as if he’s a puppet master. Who / what is the puppet?

10.What is the artist suggesting in this cartoon?

11.How does this artist support colonialism?

THE COLOSUS OF RHODES

Answers to previous questions

Consider…Most historians believe that the way the Europeans interacted with the world in the 1700s and 1800s messed up a lot of places. Africa included. Go back and look at the motives for Europeans to enter Africa. Was there a better way to accomplish these goals?List the three, and come up with a better plan.