Religious and Cultural Motivations Christianity is an "evangelizing" religion, which means followers must spread their religion to others.
Christians therefore went to Africa in hopes of converting Africans to Christianity. Imperialism <span>Imperialism is the domination of one country's political, economic, or cultural life by another. </span>
Europeans believed that they had better political, economic, and cultural practices than others. Economic Motivations Industrialization was in full swing by the late 19th century.
Businessmen needed raw materials like rubber, ivory, gold and other metals located in Africa to advance Western economies. European Imperialism in the 19th Century Closure <span>Why did Europeans colonize Africa? Name 3 motivating factors. </span> Political Motivations Politically, rulers saw the possession of overseas colonies as a global contest of power and prestige.
How do these images explain the history of imperialism in Africa? Concerns traditions, customs, beliefs such as foods and clothing styles Objective:
<span>We will explore the </span> motivations <span>for and </span> consequences of European imperialism in Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Do Now: Read this British alphabet rhyme from 1899. Then explain what conclusions you draw about their culture. What did they value? What did they think of themselves?
A is the Army, that dies for the Queen It's the very best Army, that ever was seen.
B stands for Battles, by which England's name Has for ever been covered, with glory and fame.
C is for Colonies, rightly we boast That of all the great nations, Great Britain has most.
D is the Daring, we show on the Field Which makes every enemy, vanish or yield.
E is our Empire, where sun never sets The larger we make it, the bigger it gets.
F is the flag, which wherever you see You know that beneath it, your're happy and free. List the positive and negative consequences of European imperialism in Africa. <span>Consequences of European </span> Imperialism 5-8 million people killed for raw materials Exploitation of human and geographic resources Abolition (End) of slavery Introduction of medicines, hospitals, and transportation and communication technology like the telegraph and railroads. <span>The "Scramble for Africa"</span>
They established Rome as the dominant power in the Western Mediterranean, and Rome's move to punish Macedonia for intervening on Carthage's side, after the Second punic War, enmeshed it in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Unequal treaty, in Chinese history, any of a series of treaties and agreements in which China was forced to concede many of its territorial and sovereignty rights. They were negotiated during the 19th and early 20th centuries between China and foreign imperialist powers, especially Great Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia, and Japan.
The space race was a competition between Soviet Russia and
the United States in order to attain the most in field of space travel. It
became the most important part if the competition during the Cold War.
The Soviets in Russia wanted to manifest that a communist
country has the ability to achieve something in technological developments. After
the launch of Sputnik, US then want to create something in order to prove
themselves to the Russians.