1. 9/27/13
“Not invited”
Who was not invited to our Berlin Conference?
Why didn’t you ask to invite them? Why didn’t you try to claim or save any land for them?

2. 9/27/13
World History Agenda
Berlin Conference Debrief (class discussion)
Direct vs. Indirect control (scenarios & class notes)
HW: Parent supervision HW question

3. Berlin Conference Debrief

4. Traditional Ethnic Boundaries. VS
Traditional Ethnic Boundaries VS. European Colonization in Africa, 1914

5. Berlin Conference Debrief
Was the real Berlin Conference fair? Why or why not?

6. W.H. Class Notes (on worksheet)
Each European nation had certain policies and goals for establishing their colonies. They all demanded influence over the social, political, and economic lives of their populations, but they used different techniques to control them.
Indirect Control:
Local government officials were used to rule
Limited self-rule by the population
Goal: to develop local future leaders
Govt. based on European styles but may have some local rules

7. W.H. Class Notes (on worksheet)
Paternalism:
governing in a parental way; providing the population what they need to survive but giving them no real rights of their own

8. W.H. Class Notes
Direct Control:
Foreign officials brought in to rule
No self-rule by the population
Goal: assimilation
Govt. based only on European styles and rules – NO local influence

9. W.H. Class Notes (on worksheet)
Assimilation:
policy that local populations would adopt colonizing country’s culture and become like them

10. Advantages: Disadvantages:
Option 1: Your parents choose to let you stay by yourselves, and they have left rules and instructions for you to follow, as well as $50 to buy groceries. They also ask a neighbor to periodically check in on you.
Your perspective
Advantages: Disadvantages:

11. Advantages: Disadvantages:
Option 1: Your parents choose to let you stay by yourselves, and they have left rules and instructions for you to follow, as well as $50 to buy groceries. They also ask a neighbor to periodically check in on you.
Parent’s perspective
Advantages: Disadvantages:

12. Advantages: Disadvantages:
Option 2: Your parents pay for a person to stay at the house with you who will make sure all is well and who will follow a list of rules your parents have left behind.
Your perspective
Advantages: Disadvantages:

13. Advantages: Disadvantages:
Option 2: Your parents pay for a person to stay at the house with you who will make sure all is well and who will follow a list of rules your parents have left behind.
Parent’s perspective
Advantages: Disadvantages:

14. Exit Ticket
What is your homework?