1. Questions to Answer
1. Why did European nations want to gain land in Africa?
2. How did Europeans view Africans?
3. How did Europeans justify taking over African territory?
4. What was the Berlin Conference? What happened at the Conference and why?
5. What impact did Europeans have on Africans and African land?
6. What impact did imperialism in Africa have on the rest of the world?

2. Imperialism Begins in Africa
EQ:
What impact did
Imperialism have on
Africa?

3. The Beginning
The Age of Imperialism begins with European countries beginning to expand into Africa
This time is known as “The Scramble for Africa”

4. Berlin Conference
European countries met together to decide on how to divide up Africa
They wanted to avoid wars so peacefully divided up Africa
No Africans were in attendance at the meeting to agree to new boundaries

5. Why Africa? Natural Resources and raw materials Lots of open land
Large population
Europeans see them as savages, uncivilized, and uneducated
If Africans aren’t using the materials, then Europeans should be able to
“White Man’s Burden”

6. Economic Impact Creation of large plantations Large Mines
Shift from subsistence farming to cash crops
Large Mines
Europeans take over raw materials and resources
European countries control the economies in Africa
Modernization efforts made
Creation of roads, railroads, dams, telephones and telegraph lines

7. Political Impact Colonial governments replaced traditional governments
Tribal leaders lost power
Many tribes in Africa were split up
Many tribes forced to move from their land
New boundaries created in Africa created by Europeans with no attention paid to traditional ethnic boundaries
Wars
Boer Wars – Zulu v Boer v British

8. Social/Cultural Impact
Christianity introduced
Languages changed
Education – schools built
Healthcare – hospitals and medicine
Ideas of Democracy introduced
Rise in nationalism for many areas
Racist Tension
African traditions lost
Africans exploited for work purposed