Chapter 11 Section 1 - The Scramble for Africa

Note three motives behind the European race for colonies.

- Convert people/nations to Islam or Christianity

- Control for land

- More trading networks

Note two technological advantages Europeans had over the Africans.

- Maxim gun, world's first automatic machine gun

- Steam engine, advanced tranportation (get to places easier)

Note two factors within Africa that made it vulnerable to European conquest.

- Large variety of languages and cultures discouraged unity between them.

- Wars fought between ethnic groups over land, water, and trade rights.

Note two outcomes of the Berlin Conference in 1884 and 1885.

- Africans didn't by goods from European countries even though that's what Europeans thought.

Note three groups that clashed over territory and resources in South Africa.

- Africans

- Dutch

- British

Note one outcome of the Boer War.

Boer republics joined self-governing Union of South Africa controlled by the British.