1. Scramble for Africa Skylar A. Brion Cheyenne Greene Rachael Doughty April 12 th 2015

2. What is it?  Europeans race to take over Africa  1800’s  “New imperialism”  1881-1914 (The Age of Imperialism - The Scramble for Africa)

3. Why?  Curiosity  Slaves  Medicine  New Transportation  Expansion  Berlin Conference (Boddy-Evans, Alstair)

4. Curiosity  Mythical Timbuktu along Niger River  Found new routes, land, markets, materials, goods  Word spread in Europe (Boddy-Evans, Alstair)

5. Slaves  Great Britain bans slave trade  Inland doesn’t give up slaves  Start plantations  Coffee, sugar cane, palm oil, rubber (Boddy-Evans, Alstair) (Slavery on a Plantation)

6. Medicine  Europeans prone to African diseases (Boddy-Evans, Alstair)  Medical advances (Out for Blood)

7. New Transportation  New routes  Improved boats and trains  Easier

8. Expansion  Germany taking over Europe  No room for other countries to expand  European colonies in Europe  10% to 90% (Boddy-Evans, Alstair)

9. Henry Stanley  Started the scramble  Led explorers from Europe  New discoveries  Word gets out (Henry Morton Stanley) (Henry Morton Stanley)

10. Relation to the Book  Focus on imperialism and colonization  Exploitation vs. Justifying humanitarian ideology  Who was most savage, the Europeans or Africans? (Bornedal, Peter) (Morning Bites: Chelsea Martin's Mix, Matt Kish's Illustrations, Walter Kirn Interviewed, Joyce Maynard, and More)

11. Synthesis  Doesn’t connect well to today’s world  Many more repercussions when taking over countries today  Cause uproars among nations across world  Unacceptable (The Scramble for Africa (1876-1914))

12. Works Cited  Bornedal, Peter. “A Journey into Darkness: Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness.” A Journey into Darkness: Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness.” N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015.  Boddy-Evans, Alistair. “Causes of the Scramble to Colonize Africa.” N.p., n.d. Web. 2009 April. 2015  "Henry Morton Stanley." Biografia De. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.  "Morning Bites: Chelsea Martin's Mix, Matt Kish's Illustrations, Walter Kirn Interviewed, Joyce Maynard, and More." Vol 1 Brooklyn. N.p., 05 Nov. 2013. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.

13. Works Cited (Cont.)  "Out for Blood." NYMag.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.  "Slavery Life on a Plantation | Publish with Glogster!" Glogster. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.  "The Age of Imperialism - The Scramble for Africa." The Age of Imperialism - The Scramble for Africa. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.  “The Scramble for Africa (1876-1914).” Sparknotes. Sparknotes, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015