1. Deep Thought Question 2.8.12  Get Clickers
Suppose aliens landed to colonize and take over Earth. How would YOU react?

2. Random Fact of the Day
The lion used in the original MGM movie logo killed its trainer and two assistants the day after the logo was filmed.

3. Announcements Notebook Check is tomorrow!
Make sure to have your Cover Page done and your papers in the right order!

4. Mr. Osborne Goes to Africa

5. Where is Senegal?

6. Guereo

9. Cheb and Jin

15. Kids everywhere – calling you toubob (white person)

16. Baay and Yaay (Mom and Dad)

23. How did a Catholic Church get to the middle of Africa?

24. Imperialism
A policy in which a strong country seeks to extend its authority by conquering other countries or by establishing economic and political dominance over other countries.
Why would a country want to conquer another country?

25. Forms of Imperialism Form Definition Example Colony
A country or a territory governed internally by a foreign power
Somaliland in East Africa was a French colony
Protectorate
A country or a territory with its own internal government but under the control of an outside power
Britain established a protectorate over the Niger River Delta
Sphere of Influence
An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges
Liberia was under the sphere of influence of the United States
Economic Imperialism
An independent but less developed country controlled by private business interests rather than other gov’ts
The Dole Fruit company controlled the pineapple trade in Hawaii.

26. Clicker Question #1
Which of the following is the best example of a colony?
A business in Richmond controlling and influencing the government in Waco
Officials from Richmond come in to run the government in Waco
People from Waco run their own government but they are controlled by officials in Richmond
Business and trade in Waco cannot happen without the permission and advice from the government in Richmond

27. Clicker Question #2
Which of the following is the best description of the policy of imperialism?
An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people
A philosophy based on the idea can be known for certain
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically or socially
A policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries

28. Imperial Management Methods
Indirect Control
Local government officials used
Limited self-rule
Government institutions are based on European styles but may have local rules
GOAL: to develop future leaders
Direct Control
Foreign officials brought in to rule
No self-rule
Government institutions are based only on European styles

29. Imperial Management Methods
GOAL: assimilation due to paternalism
Assimilation: a policy in which a nation forces another area’s people to become like them
Paternalism: a policy of treating subject people like children, providing for needs but not giving them rights

30. Clicker Question #3 What is the goal of indirect control?
Bringing in foreign officials to rule
A thriving economy and adding more jobs
Developing future leaders
Assimilation of the people to the parent culture

31. Clicker Question #4
How did Europeans use paternalism to govern people in colonies?
A. They allowed them to assimilate into European society.
B. They provided for colonial peoples' needs but did not give them full rights.
C. They trained colonial peoples to govern themselves.
D. They trained them in advanced European farming and mining techniques.

32. Clicker Question #5
Assimilation can best be described by which of the following?
A. Treating the native people like children.
B. Attempting to make others adopt your culture and be more like you.
C. Educating people to become self-sufficient.
D. Setting up trade ports along waterways.

33. Tomorrow… Textbook Research Notes – The Scramble for Africa
Notebook Checks!

34. Response Question Write in the Tuesday bellringer box.
Describe the influence the presence of the white man had on Okonkwo and his village. Make sure to use real detail from the passage.