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Rwandan Genocide reading and discussion click here Rwanda documentary watch here Quiz on questions from Friday. HAMR - stand and deliver for article - When Africa Broke Free.
Basketball Review for quiz on block day. Identify African countries and physical features. Map Quiz Monday.
Begin answering hand-out of questions about Africa for quiz on Block day. How did the European nations view Africans and what was their desire for going to Africa - documents
Document Readings Questions for documents Latin America Map and content quiz
Intro to Africa Reading Notes: Scramble for Africa - European desire for land in Africa Influence of Industrial Revolution Emergence of Capitalism contrasted to Mercantilism Berlin Conference: Meeting of European powers to divide up Africa Africa was divided up into territory without regard for local populations/tribes. Three reasons for going into Africa: 1. Economic - raw materials to ship back home in turn into finished goods to sell or use for trade. 2. Political - this was still a time of kings and queens and political power was shown through how much land you controlled. Being able to control lands hundred of miles away showed your "strength". 3. Social - due to the industrial revolution, Europe suffered from a lack of jobs and the "excess" population was shipped to Africa to work or serve in the military to control native populations. WWI & WWII devastate Europe, independence movements flourish in Africa and European powers leave. Newly established governments needed funding, turned to their former colonizing countries and took out loans from major banking institutions create debt and obligations to the European financial institutions leading to the beginning of 'neo-colonialism'. Latin America Content group assignments and then basketball competition as a study review.
Finish Newscast and Create the Political map of Latin America with Physical Features.
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