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What do you think the cake up front represents?

What do you think the cake up front represents?. Why Africa?. Africa has many raw materials and natural resources not found in Europe including: cotton rubber ivory minerals including gold and diamonds. The Scramble for Africa. Berlin Conference (1884).

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What do you think the cake up front represents?

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  1. What do you think the cake up front represents?

  2. Why Africa? • Africa has many raw materials and natural resources not found in Europe including: • cotton • rubber • ivory • minerals including gold and diamonds

  3. The Scramble for Africa

  4. Berlin Conference (1884) • meetings held in Berlin, Germany • European nations attended the conference. • African rulers DID NOT. • The European nations partitioned (divided) Africa amongst themselves. • Europeans owned almost ALL of Africa by the end of the conference.

  5. The Berlin Conference

  6. Independence • European countries began to free their colonies in the 1950s • By 1960 - 27 free countries • By 1975 - 47 free countries

  7. Problems After Independence • Different ethnic and religious groups wanted to be in control of their new countries • This lead too many long, bloody civil wars throughout Africa • Lack of education also lead to problems because native African leaders were not prepared to run the new countries left in their control

  8. Conflicts still continue today!

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