Chapter 11 Flashcards
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Why had Europeans been kept out of Africa prior to the late 1800’s
Powerful African armies were able to keep Europeans out as well as malaria
Who was David livingstone
A missionary from Scotland who traveled Africa to promote Christianity
Who was Henry Stanley
A reporter hired to find livingstone after he went missing
Who was king Leopold II
The king of Belgium who commissioned Stanley to help him obtain land in the Congo
Colonization of the Congo/ treatment of natives
Leopold claimed his motive was to abolish the slave trade and promote Christianity but he brutally exploited Africans by forcing them to collect sap and many died due to abuse
What are the four reasons for imperialism
New market or raw material, nationalism, racism, and missionaries or spread of Christianity
Who was Cecil Rhodes
A successful businessman and a major supporter of British expansion
What are missionaries
People who traveled trying to change people to Christianity
What are the external reasons Europeans were able to conquer so much of Africa
Cure for malaria, maxim gun, railroads
What are the internal reasons Europeans were able to conquer so much of Africa
Varieties of cultures, primitive technology, ethnic wars, hundreds of languages
What was the Berlin conference
Meant to prevent conflict in European nations and lay down rules for the division of Africa. There were 14 European nations invited and no African leaders
What was the situation in South Africa before British involvement
Many competing claims over areas between ethnic groups
What were boers
Dutch settlers
What was the Great Trek
Several thousand boers moved north to escape the British
How was the new imperialism different from the exploration of the 15th and 16th centuries
In the earlier period, imperial powers often did not penetrate far into the conquered areas of Asia and Africa
What were the 4 forms of colonial control used
Colony, protectorate, sphere of influence, and economic imperialism
Explain the form of colonial control called colony
A country or territory governed internally by a foreign power
Explain the form of colonial control called protectorate
A country or territory with its own internal government but under the control of an outside power
Explain the form of colonial control called sphere of influence
An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges
Explain the form of colonial control called economic imperialism
An independent but less developed country controlled by private business interests rather than other governments
What is an indirect method of management
Limited self rule, wanted to develop future leaders based on European style
What is a direct method of management
No self rule, assimilation, based on only European styles
What is paternalism
A policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their needs but giving them rights
What is assimilation
A policy in which a nation forces a subject people to adopt its institutions and customs
