What’s the Connection?

• On page __92____, create this chart. IN

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Let’s make connections between these ideas.How are they related?

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With your table, make more connections

between the “isms.” Be prepared to share!

Unification

• Nationalism led the countries of Germany and Italy to become unified nations in the mid-1800’s.

MAP PRACTICE• Complete the map practice sheet about the

unification of Germany and Italy. • Write your answers on a sheet of notebook paper.• Turn it in when you are finished.

Warm Up1. Read the passage about Social

Darwinism.

2. Answer the questions in the warm up section of your notebook.

Imperialism

• What was the definition of Imperialism we discussed yesterday?

• Where have we seen imperialism in the nations we have studied so far this year?

• How do you think Social Darwinism could have contributed to imperialism?

Imperialism Notes

I. Age of Imperialism 1850 – 1910A. Causes

1. Industrial Revolutiona. Need raw materials and new

markets2. Militarism

a. Colonies need protection3. Nationalism

a. countries felt proud to have colonies4. Racism

a. Europeans thought they were superior

In the 1870s the Belgians began to trade with Africans in the Congo.

King Leopold

Fearing they would miss out on various raw materials, the other European nations scrambled to establish their presence on the continent.

In 1884, to avoid conflict amongst themselves, European leaders met at the Berlin Conference to set up rules for colonizing Africa. No Africans were invited.

Berlin Conference

Berlin Conference

The European powers agreed that before they could claim territory they would have to set up an outpost. Whoever was the first to build the outpost gained that area of land.

Berlin Conference

Berlin Conference

The Zulus

In the early 1800s in southern Africa, an African leader named Shaka conquered and united tribes to form the Zulu nation.

ZuluNation

CapeTown

Cape Colony

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The Zulus

The Zulus were skilled and organized fighters. Shaka used his power and fought against European slave traders and ivory hunters.

The Anglo-Zulu War

The Zulus came into conflict with the British as well. In 1879 the Zulus wiped out a British force at the battle of Isandlwana.

However, it was not long before the superior weaponry of the British overtook the Zulus at the battle of Rorke’s Drift.

The Anglo-Zulu War

BritainFrance

GermanyItaly

PortugalBelgium

Spain

EuropeansIn AfricaBy 1914

Britain’s claims in Africa were second in size only to France, but included heavily populated areas with greater natural resources.

British Territory

Britain controlled Egypt because of its strategic location.

France was very powerful in North Africa, and later spread into West and Central Africa. The territory France controlled was as large as the United States.

French Territory

The newly formed German empire had to fight many battles against African natives to take lands in the southern half of Africa.

German Territory

Germany would lose its colonial territories after its loss in World War I.

The Italians crossed the Mediterranean and conquered Libya. They then took Somaliland in the horn of Africa, but were beaten badly by the Ethiopians.

Italian Territory

King Leopold and other wealthy Belgians exploited the riches of the Congo, and brutalized the natives. Many Africans were enslaved, beaten, and killed.

Belgium Territory

Although the leaders of the old imperialism, the African claims of the Portuguese and Spanish were minimal.

Portuguese Territory

Spanish Territory

After the slave trade was outlawed, abolitionists in the United States promoted the idea of returning freed slaves to Africa.

Independent Africans

In the early 1800s, President Monroe helped free slaves settle in Liberia. The former slaves named the capital city Monrovia in his honor.

PresidentMonroe

Liberia

Independent Africans

The Ethiopians kept their freedom through a successful military resistance. Emperor Menelik II modernized the army, along with roads, bridges, and schools. When the Italians invaded they were defeated so badly by Menelik that no other Europeans tried to take Ethiopia.

Ethiopia

Menelik

Map of Colonial Africa

• Glue the map of Colonial Africa in your notebook on page ___________.

• With a partner, you will scan the QR codes around the room to find out which African countries were claimed by which European powers.

BelgiumThis country is in the middle of Africa. Its first name is after the country that claimed it.

QR Code ExampleTop line tells you which European country claimed it

Next lines give you clues about where to find the country to color