Africa

=Africa= ** Essential Questions **:


 * **How can political change cause conflict?** Political change can cause conflict because some people may not like the change and they may try to fight against it.
 * **How does the development of nationalism impact people, nations, and empires?** Nationalism can make ordinary people become people who will fight for their nation, it can make the government of a nation become violent and start to take over land.
 * **How can political relationships affect economic relationships?** If a poor nation has a good relationship with a rich one then maybe the rich nation will help the poor nation with their money problems.
 * **What characteristics and factors unite people as a nation?** I think that general advancement of technology and civilization while respecting traditions and culture will unite most people as a nation.

** Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples, and sucks the blood like a vampire. ** ** By Karl Liebknecht **

Imperialism is a force that drives nations to go and ravage lands that already belong to others without a care in the world. Imperialist nations only seek ways to benefit themselves and they do not care what happens to any one who gets in their way. Imperialism go's and takes advantage on the local populace, to the point where there is mass death, and then when then lands are all used up and the people left dead and used then simply leaves like nothing ever happened.

The White Man's Burden Questions:

 * 1. According to Kipling, and in your own words, what was the “White Man’s Burden”?** Kipling urged the US to take on the "burden" of an Empire and to civilize the "uncivilized" people.
 * 2. What reward did Kipling suggest the “White Man” gets for carrying his “burden”?** Resources
 * 3. Who did Kipling think would read his poem? What do you think that this audience might have said in response to it?** Imperialist government officials, if they were imperialist they would have agreed.
 * 4. What lines of the poem did you find the most interesting and why?**

The Message of this poem is to show that the black people are being oppressed by a far superior civilization lead by the "white man". These lines lead me to think that my view of this poem is correct.
 * The Black Mans Burden's Message: **
 * Hail ye your fearless armies,**
 * Which menace feeble folks**
 * Who fight with clubs and arrows**
 * and brook your rifle’s smoke.**

Use 5 words to describe the Berlin Conference:
- Africa-Primary Sources on Imperialism in Africa
 * 1.** Greed
 * 2.** Unfair
 * 3.** Regulated
 * 4.** Bitter-sweet
 * 5.** Trade