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Identify and briefly explain three fundamental motives for European involvement in Africa.

Identify and briefly explain three fundamental motives for European involvement in Africa. Economic Motives: Industrialized nations sought: Raw materials Natural resources A cheap labor supply New marketplaces for manufactured goods

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Identify and briefly explain three fundamental motives for European involvement in Africa.

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  1. Identify and briefly explain three fundamental motives for European involvement in Africa. • Economic Motives: • Industrialized nations sought: • Raw materials • Natural resources • A cheap labor supply • New marketplaces for manufactured goods • Religious: to spread the benefits of Christianity and Western Culture • Political: competition fuel by Nationalism, Empire Building

  2. Identify material improvements brought by European rule to Africa. • Material improvements: • Transportation and communication • RR and Telegraphs • Hospitals • Sanitation and water systems • Formal education system (western)

  3. Identify ways in which European rule disrupted traditional African culture • New political systems: direct and indirect rule • New Economic Pattern: money economy, cash crops, taxes, economic dependence, lack of diversity • migrant workers, chibaro = breakdown of Family • New attitude towards land: ownership • Racism • Christianity • Artificial boundaries • westernization • Generalization: change and breakdown of traditional values and organizations

  4. Closure:How did trade contribute to the rise of strong African Kingdoms? Trade = wealth = strong armies = expand empire = maintain trade routes and benefit from diffusion

  5. lineage consensus subsistence farmer Polygamy age-grade bride wealth Animism Triangle Trade Middle Passage abolition African Diaspora Scramble for Africa Berlin Conference David Livingstone King Leopold II Cecil Rhodes direct rule indirect rule Vocab

  6. Kingdoms and Trading States • Make sure you can match the Kingdoms and Trading States with its description (use chart) • Ghana • Mali • Songhai • East African City-States • Zimbabwe

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