Question and Answer pt 2

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colonization

the action of settling among and establishing control over indigenous people in an area

Chattel slavery

slaves and their descendants were private property of their owner

Indentured Labor

A type of labor people worked without wages in exchange for passage into another country or location

Child labor

Industrialists preferred to hire laborers who would work long hours for low wages and who could be dismissed during slowdowns.

Race

a group of people who have common physical traits and these features are associated with large, geographically separated populations.

Ethnicity

a sense of identity and membership in a group that shares a common language and cultural traits. All humans are members of some cultural, ethnic group – sometimes more than one!

Berlin Conference

A meeting where major European powers negotiated and formalized claims to territory in Africa

Who was missing from the Berlin Conference?

Africa

What are some political impacts of the scarmble for africa?

• Artificial borders

• Loss of Sovereignty

• Centralized Colonial Rule

What are some economic impacts of the scramble of Africa?

• Resource exploitation

• Forced Labor

• Disrupted Local Economies

What are some social and cultural impacts of the scramble for Africa?

• Cultural Suppression

• Division of Ethnic Groups

• Education and Missionary Influence

What are some long-term consequences of the scramble of Africa?

• Post-Colonial Instability

• Civil Wars and Ethnic Conflicts

• Economic Dependency

Forces that drive colonization

• Imperialistic ambitions

• Secure access to resources

• Eurocentrism/Ethnocentrism

• Technological Developments

• Growing consumer demand for material goods

Treaty

A formal, legally binding written agreement between sovereign states or international organizations

How did King Leopold II of Belgium start the Scramble for Africa?

By claiming all lands drained by the Congo River and its tributaries

What did Leopold force the Indigenous people to do? What happened if they didn’t do it?

• Give up much of their land

• Work to harvest natural rubber

• Brutally punished, beaten, disfigured and/or killed

Who did Leopold had control of Congo to?

Belgium government

Who controlled India before the British government?

The East India Company

What happened in 1858 in India?

British government took control of India

What were the effects of the deindustrialization of India’s cotton industry?

• most of its wealth was extracted from Britain

• During the Great Famine of 1876 Britain kept exporting crops leaving Indians starving

• Wealthy Indians approved of Britain rules because they got power

• India poor was kept poor and oppressed

How did the British ensure they kept rule on India?

by setting different parts of India against each other, a policy known as ‘divide and rule’