Colonial Africa

• Turn to page 522-523• Use these maps

as references during today’s discussion.

Scramble for Africa• Invasion, occupation,

colonization, and annexation of African countries by European imperial powers

• Why do you think the European powers wanted Africa?

http://wfps.k12.mt.us/teachers/carmichaelg/new_page_34.htm

http://mama.indstate.edu/users/geboen/ch3_s00.html

Africa in 1914

Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction , 1999 by McDougal Littell, page 308

Effects of Colonialism

• Think about the effects of colonialism on Africa?• Pair up with your neighbor and discuss your

thoughts.• As a pair, write down 3 negative affects that you

think colonialism had on Africa.Think of tribal conflicts, slavery, borders

between countries and ownership of natural resources.