Imperialism in Africa

INTRODUCTION

Today we will begin to study European imperialism. The industrial revolution created a greater demand for finished goods and the resources necessary to make them, and European countries looked beyond their borders to meet these needs. They established political and economic control of countries all over the world. We will focus on Africa today.

Question of the Day

What were the causes and effects of imperialism in Africa?

Focus Questions

VOCABULARY

• 1. Industrial Revolution

  2. Enclosure

  3. Crop rotation

  4. Industrialization

  5. Factors of production

  6. Factory

  7. Entrepreneur

  8. Urbanization

  9. Middle class

  10. Stock

  11. Corporation

  12. Laissez-faire

  13. Adam Smith

  14. Capitalism

  15. Utilitarianism

  16. Socialism

  17. Karl Marx

  18. Communism

  19. Union

  20. Strike

  21. Suffrage

  22. Chartist Movement

  23. Queen Victoria

  24. Third Republic

  25. Iron law of wages

  26. Malthusian trap

  27. Invisible hand

  28. Competition

  29. Price mechanism

  30. Dominion

  31. Penal colony

  32. Home rule

  33. U.S. Civil War

  34. Assembly line

  35. Charles Darwin

  36. Theory of evolution

  37. Bourgeoisie

  38. Proletariat

  39. Class conflict

1. Communist Manifesto

2. Das Kapital

   1. Imperialism

   2. Racism

   3. Social Darwinism

   4. Berlin Conference

   5. Shaka

   6. Boer

   7. Boer War

   8. Crimean War

   9. Suez Canal

   10. Sepoy

   11. "Jewel in the Crown"

   12. Sepoy Mutiny

   13. Raj

   14. Pacific Rim

WHAT IS DUE TODAY?

1. Be prepared for a quiz on vocabulary terms 37-48.

2. Read Chapter 27 (Sections 1 and 2) in the blue textbook.

3. Take notes on the reading. You should organize your notes around the key ideas below. Under each key idea in your notes should be SHE from the reading that supports it. If you cannot find support for the key idea, do not include it in your notes.

   • Industrialists sought new markets in which to obtain raw materials and sell finished goods.

   • Industrializing powers established transoceanic empires.

   • Spanish and Portuguese influence declined.

   • European states used both warfare and diplomacy to establish empires in Africa.

ASSESSMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

1. Vocabulary quiz on terms 37-48.

2. Scored discussion on Chapter 27 (Sections 1 and 2).

3. Watch Andrew Marr's History of the World - Age of Industry (39:20-47:35).

4. DBQ activity. We will continue working on the DBQ activity. Click here to find it again. Work from the draft that you started as a Google doc ("Why England First"). Try to write the conclusion today. This PowerPoint may be helpful, as it explains how to write a DBQ response.

WHAT IS DUE NEXT CLASS?

1. Be prepared for a quiz on vocabulary terms 49-55.

2. Read Chapter 27 (Sections 3-5) in the blue textbook.

3. Take notes on the reading. You should organize your notes around the key ideas below. Under each key idea in your notes should be SHE from the reading that supports it. If you cannot find support for the key idea, do not include it in your notes.

   • Industrialists sought new markets in which to obtain raw materials and sell finished goods.

     • Industrializing powers established transoceanic empires.

     • Anti-imperial resistance led to the contraction of the Ottoman Empire.

ENRICHMENT

• For more background, sign up for this Coursera class and watch the video lectures.

• And watch this Crash Course video on Imperialism.

Related readings

• 20th Century Man

• Rage Against the Machine

Practice DBQ

• Which economic, political, and social forces were most responsible for the new imperialism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?