Conquest of Africa: New Imperialism Map Activity

Standards Alignment Student Instructions

Outline Map Activity Questions

Standards Alignment

California State Standards for Grade 10 • 10.4 Students analyze patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism in at least two of the

following regions or countries: Africa, Southeast Asia, China, India, Latin America, and the Philippines. – 1. Describe the rise of industrial economies and their link to imperialism and colonialism (e.g.,

the role played by national security and strategic advantage; moral issues raised by the search for national hegemony, Social Darwinism, and the missionary impulse; material issues such as land, resources, and technology).

– 2. Discuss the locations of the colonial rule of such nations as England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Portugal, and the United States.

– 3. Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and the varied immediate and long-term responses by the people under colonial rule.

– 4. Describe the independence struggles of the colonized regions of the world, including the roles of leaders, such as Sun Yat-sen in China, and the roles of ideology and religion.

Common Core Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Science for Grades 9 & 10 Students: • RH 7 - Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis

in print or digital text.

Common Core Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Science for Grades 9 & 10 Students: • WHST 9 - Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Conquest of Africa Map Exercise Africa was divided by European countries who wanted to control the land to gain precious natural

resources. Every territory in Africa was controlled by a European power except two. Using the map in your textbook, Identify which countries were imperialized in Africa on the map using the following color key.

Directions for Map Exercise: 1. Create a key on the outline map of Africa indicating the color of each European power.

2. Below is a list of each European power and their color. • British - Red • French - Green • German - Blue • Belgium - Yellow • Italian - Orange • Spain - Pink • Portuguese - Brown • Independent (not controlled by a European power) – White 3. On the map, color each African territory the color of the European power that colonized it based on the map in your textbook. Below is the list of African territories and the European power that colonized them.

African Territory and its European Colonizer

1. Spanish Morocco – Spain: Pink 2. Morocco – France: Green 3. Algeria – France: Green 4. Tunisia – France: Green 5. Libya – Italy: Orange 6. Egypt – British: Red 7. Rio de Oro – Spain: Pink 8. French West Africa – France: Green 9. French Equatorial Africa – France: Green 10. Gambia – British: Red 11. Portuguese Guinea – Portugal: Brown 12. Sierra Leone – British: Red 13. Liberia – Independent: White 14. Gold Coast – British: Red 15. Togo – German: Blue 16. Cameroon – German: Blue 17. Rio Muni – Spain: Pink 18. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan – British: Red 19. Eritrea – Italian: Orange 20. Ethiopia – Independent: White 21. French Somaliland – French: Green 22. British Somaliland – British: Red 23. Italian Somaliland – Italy: Orange 24. British East Africa – British: Red 25. Uganda – British: Red 26. Belgian Congo – Belgium: Yellow 27. German East Africa – Germany: Blue 28. Angola – Portuguese: Brown 29. Northern Rhodesia – British: Red 30. Southern Rhodesia – British: Red 31. Nyasaland – British: Red 32. Mozambique – Portuguese: Brown 33. German SW Africa – Germany: Blue 34. Bechuanaland – British: Red 35. Union of South Africa – British: Red 36. Madagascar – French: Green

After completing the map exercise, answer the following questions:

What country has the most colonies in

Africa?

What two countries do you think were

competing for the most land?

What African territories did not

belong to a European country?