1. TODAY: INTRODUCTION TO ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY STANDARD: SS7H1 The student will analyze continuity and change in Africa leading to the 21 century.  a. Explain how the European partitioning across Africa contributed to conflict, civil war, and artificial political boundaries.

2.  THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: 1. DEFINE ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY FOR UNIT 6 2. Use maps to make inferences about why Africa was colonized.

3. Vocabulary of Colonization and Imperialism

4. Definition: The act or process of establishing a colony or colonies Think about the 13 Colonies!

5.  The practice of having power over a nation/region by gaining authority/control over political and economic activities.

6.  To divide into parts or shares. What do you remember about the EUROPEAN PARTITIONING IN SW ASIA?

7.  Boundaries or borders that are not formed naturally.  Remember that artificial boundaries created in the Ottoman Empire?

8.  Fight between opposing (opposite) groups within a country in hope to gain control.