ROHAN KAUL, JASON TEW Scramble for Africa

Berlin Conference of Called to negotiate questions Major western powers 4b15-89a8-670e43babf69

Division of Africa Afterwards, it was divided up into 50 irregular countries. es/KISH_25_575.gif

Influence Mainly from economic and military dominance Not a lot of alliances in Africa, so it was divide and conquer. h_military_band_handover-ceremony_iraq.jpg

Ethnocentrism The belief that one’s ethnicity is centrally important. Led to a civil war Mainly applies after the British had left. m.jpg?w=297&h=349

Europe’s reasons for controlling Africa Mainly for it’s natural resources. Imperialism Wanted to create a large overseas empire.

Citations Crowe, Sybil E. (1942). The Berlin West African Conference, 1884–1985. New York: Longmans, Green. ISBN (1981, New ed. edition).ISBN Kevin Shillington, Encyclopedia of African history ‎, (CRC Press: 2005), p R, Robinson, J.Gallagher and A. Denny, Africa and the Victorians, London, 1965, Page Kevin Shillington, History of Africa: Revised Second Edition, (New York: Macmillian Publishers Limited, 2005), 301