Homework #21

Congress of Berlin- The meeting of the Great European Powers. The meeting's aim was to reorganize the countries of the Balkans.
Partition of Africa- Occupation and annexation of Africa by European powers during the New Imperialism period, between the 1880s and the First World War in 1914.
Scramble for Africa- European rush to colonize parts of Africa at the end of the 19th century.

1) New Imperialism was about an industrialized economy and the scramble for natural resources benefited the countries that had the greater amount of territory with natural resources.
2) Europe colonized Africa for financial gain by exploiting the land for crops, minerals, and slaves. Later, Europeans believed they should help Africans become modernly civilized.
3) The Industrial Revolution is connected to Europe's colonization of Africa. Africa is rich with natural resources that is used as fuel for the Industrial Revolution. Europe's colonization of Africa was to control as much territory as possible that could be used to extract resources.