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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BASED ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BASED ON THE MAP ENTITLED, “IMPERIALISM AND ON THE MAP ENTITLED, “IMPERIALISM AND THE BALANCE OF POWER.”THE BALANCE OF POWER.”

HOW MANY DIFFERENT HOW MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE COUNTRIES HAVE COLONIES?COLONIES? 1212

WHICH COUNTRY HAD WHICH COUNTRY HAD THE LARGEST COLONIAL THE LARGEST COLONIAL EMPIRE?EMPIRE? BRITAINBRITAIN

WHICH CONTINENTS ARE WHICH CONTINENTS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY ALMOST COMPLETELY CONTROLLED BY OTHER CONTROLLED BY OTHER COUNTRIES?COUNTRIES? AFRICAAFRICA AUSTRALIAAUSTRALIA

WHICH CONTINENTS ARE ONLY WHICH CONTINENTS ARE ONLY CONTROLLED BY A FEW CONTROLLED BY A FEW COUNTRIES?COUNTRIES?

THE AMERICASTHE AMERICAS ASIA – DUTCH, FRENCH, BRITISHASIA – DUTCH, FRENCH, BRITISH

PRETEND YOU’RE THE MAP PRETEND YOU’RE THE MAP MAKER. WHAT COULD BE A MAKER. WHAT COULD BE A DIFFERENT TITLE FOR THIS DIFFERENT TITLE FOR THIS MAP?MAP? I SAID I SAID

“ “LAND QUEST – THE RACE IS LAND QUEST – THE RACE IS ON!”ON!”

WHAT DID YOU SAY?WHAT DID YOU SAY?

HISTORICAL HISTORICAL PREDICTIONS:PREDICTIONS: DURING THIS TIME IN HISTORY, DURING THIS TIME IN HISTORY,

WHICH COUNTRY DID YOU THINK WHICH COUNTRY DID YOU THINK WAS THE MOST POWERFUL?WAS THE MOST POWERFUL?

WHY?WHY?

HISTORICAL HISTORICAL PREDICTIONS:PREDICTIONS: DURING THIS TIME IN HISTORY, DURING THIS TIME IN HISTORY,

WHICH REGIONS OF THE WORLD WHICH REGIONS OF THE WORLD WERE MOST SOUGHT AFTER BY WERE MOST SOUGHT AFTER BY THE EUROPEANS? THE EUROPEANS? – WHY?WHY?– WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY HAD?WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY HAD?

HISTORICAL HISTORICAL PREDICTIONS:PREDICTIONS: HOW DO YOU THINK IMPERIALISM HOW DO YOU THINK IMPERIALISM

IMPACTED THE CONTINENTS IMPACTED THE CONTINENTS OUTSIDE OF EUROPE?OUTSIDE OF EUROPE?

WHY?WHY?

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WHY DID EUROPEANS WANT TO WHY DID EUROPEANS WANT TO TAKE OVER AFRICA?TAKE OVER AFRICA?– SIZESIZE– RESOURCESRESOURCES– STRATEGIC IMPORTANCESTRATEGIC IMPORTANCE– LOCATIONLOCATION

THEY COULD – SUPERIOR WEAPONS!THEY COULD – SUPERIOR WEAPONS!

WHEN WAS THE WHEN WAS THE BERLIN CONFERENCE?BERLIN CONFERENCE? NOVEMBER 15, 1884NOVEMBER 15, 1884 – – NOVEMBER 26, 1885NOVEMBER 26, 1885

WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE BERLIN CONFERENCE?BERLIN CONFERENCE? ““CONTROLLING THE SLAVE TRADE & CONTROLLING THE SLAVE TRADE &

PROMOTING HUMANITARIAN IDEALISM PROMOTING HUMANITARIAN IDEALISM WERE PROMOTED AS THE FOCUS OF WERE PROMOTED AS THE FOCUS OF THE CONFERENCE” THE CONFERENCE”

BUT…BUT… THE RESULT WAS CARVING UP THE THE RESULT WAS CARVING UP THE

CONTINENT FOR EUROPEAN CONTINENT FOR EUROPEAN EXPANSION AND POWER! (MADE EXPANSION AND POWER! (MADE CONQUEST LESS BLOODY)CONQUEST LESS BLOODY)

WHAT CONSIDERATIONS WERE WHAT CONSIDERATIONS WERE MADE BY THE EUROPEANS TO MADE BY THE EUROPEANS TO THE NATIVE AFRICANS?THE NATIVE AFRICANS?

NONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!NONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HISTORICAL HISTORICAL PREDICTION:PREDICTION: HOW DO YOU THINK THE HOW DO YOU THINK THE

DECISIONS MADE AT THE BERLIN DECISIONS MADE AT THE BERLIN CONFERENCE WOULD CHANGE CONFERENCE WOULD CHANGE AFRICA?AFRICA?

IMPERIALISM IN IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA – SEE IT FOR AFRICA – SEE IT FOR YOURSELF!YOURSELF! WHAT IS THE TITLE/ FOCUS OF WHAT IS THE TITLE/ FOCUS OF

THE FIRST MAP FEATURED?THE FIRST MAP FEATURED?– AFRICA 1880AFRICA 1880

IMPERIALISM IN IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA: SEE IT FOR AFRICA: SEE IT FOR YOURSELF!YOURSELF! WHAT IS THE TITLE/ FOCUS OF WHAT IS THE TITLE/ FOCUS OF

THE SECOND MAP FEATURED?THE SECOND MAP FEATURED?– PARTITION OF AFRICA: 1885 - 1914PARTITION OF AFRICA: 1885 - 1914

IMPERIALISM IN IMPERIALISM IN AFRICAAFRICA WHAT IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE WHAT IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN THE TWO MAPS?BETWEEN THE TWO MAPS?– PRESENCE OF COLONIAL POWERSPRESENCE OF COLONIAL POWERS– COLONIZATIONCOLONIZATION

IMPERIALISM IN IMPERIALISM IN AFRICAAFRICA WHAT PART DID THE BERLIN WHAT PART DID THE BERLIN

CONFERENCE PLAY IN THE CONFERENCE PLAY IN THE CREATION OF MAP 2?CREATION OF MAP 2?– DECIDED TERRITORIAL CONTROL / DECIDED TERRITORIAL CONTROL /

DOMINATIONDOMINATION

IMPERIALISM IN IMPERIALISM IN AFRICAAFRICA WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NATIVE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NATIVE

AFRICAN POLITICAL ENTITIES BY AFRICAN POLITICAL ENTITIES BY 1914?1914?– GONE!GONE!

IMPERIALISM IN IMPERIALISM IN AFRICAAFRICA ACCORDING TO MAP 2, WHICH ACCORDING TO MAP 2, WHICH

TWO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TWO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HELD THE MOST TERRITORY IN HELD THE MOST TERRITORY IN AFRICA?AFRICA?– BRITAIN AND FRANCEBRITAIN AND FRANCE

IMPERIALISM IN IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA: THE PIE AFRICA: THE PIE GRAPHGRAPH WHAT PERCENTAGE OF AFRICA WHAT PERCENTAGE OF AFRICA

WAS COLONIZED BY 1913?WAS COLONIZED BY 1913?– 100%100%

IMPERIALISM IN IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA: THE PIE AFRICA: THE PIE GRAPHGRAPH ACCORDING TO THE GRAPH, ACCORDING TO THE GRAPH,

WHICH TWO EUROPEAN WHICH TWO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HELD THE MOST COUNTRIES HELD THE MOST TERRITORY IN AFRICA?TERRITORY IN AFRICA?– BRITAIN AND FRANCEBRITAIN AND FRANCE