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-The seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country.
-European nations wanted more resources to fuel their industrial production. |
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| How was Africa before the European Domination? |
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-Many different ethnic groups and religions, included more than 1,000 different languages.
-They had large empires and independent villages. |
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| How did Europe have a difficult time gaining control on Africa? |
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-Only controlled 10% of the land, mainly on the coast.
-Couldn't travel inland, or navigate rivers.
-Disease also discouraged their exploration. |
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| What Europeans traveled to the interior of Africa? Why? |
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| -Explorers, missionaries, or humanitarians who opposed European and American slave trade. |
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| Who was David Livingstone? |
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-He was a missionary from Scotland, he traveled with a group of Africans into central Africa to promote Christianity.
-Years passed with no word from Livingstone, a reporter, Henry Stanley, was hired to find him.
-Found Livingstone on the shore of Lake Tanganyika. |
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-Stanley was hired by an American newspaper to find David Livingstone.
-Stanley set out to trace the Congo river.
-Helped gain land for King Leopold II of Belgium.
-Signed treaties with Congo chiefs giving Leopold II control of those lands. |
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| Who was King Leopold II of Belgium? |
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-With help from Henry Stanley, he gained land in the Congo River valley.
-Claimed that his primary motives were, to abolish slave trade, and promote Christianity.
-But, forced Africans to pick the sap from rubber plants.
-His rule killed over 10 million Congolese. |
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| What forces drive to Imperialism? |
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