Social Studies Midterm - Africa Colonism/Colonialism

At first, many European countries only saw Africa as …

a place with ports to trade with asia

What took a harsh toll on African society?

european slave trade

Overtime, what did european countries become more interested in?

african resources, potential labor (force people to be slaves).

what did europeans begin creating and competing for in Africa?

colonies

what powered europe’s economic growth?

Africa’s markets and resources

What was the berlin conference?

when european and american powers met up in berlin to divide up territories of africa.

two results of berlin conference

borders were drawn without regarding african cultures, societies, and history

conflicts in african territory that didn’t involve africans

who were not represented at the berlin conference?

native africans

what was assumed to belong to europeans?

african resources

in the long run after all this stuff happened with europe what happened

africans had less ability to self govern and tradition

african nations were robbed of natural resources

african conflicts created and were made worse by europeans

many problems in africa are a result of ___

colonial tyranny

what led to actual independence in africa

european power was weaker=africans get taste of independence

africans further develop a sense of nationalism

pan african congress brought african leaders together to plan/argue for independence!

what is political instability

people cannot count on govt support or the rule of law (police/fair courts)

what does political instability often lead to/prevent from happening

violence, prevents economy and social prosperity

sources of african instability (3 of them)

social systems/govt that were disrupted

drew borders around resources, not tribes

historical realities created instability after independence

many african nations share history of…. _____ due to four things…

instability since independence due to tribal/civil wars, military takeovers, poor leadership, economic hardships, lack of infrastructure/development