Wednesday, December 5, 2007

"The Scramble Of Africa

The Scramble of Africa was about Segregating Africa into different countries, and the countries segregation depended on various amount of countries that took over the land. It was called imperialism. It was sad That Africa couldn't be different cities in one country it has to have more than one country. Africa could have been the largest country/continent but because of the Europeans they made it a continent/countries. So that was the scramble of Africa

Monday, December 3, 2007

Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

1) What were some of the hardships that Europeans faced as they explored Africa?
The Europeans faced as they explored Africa was that they faced: storms, sickness,death,starvation,and their supplies.
2)Why is it strange that the source of the Nile River, (Lake Victoria - the third largest lake in the world) is named after a British Queen?
I don't really know because it is the largest and nature created it to be the third largest lake, plus the part of the river that is a lake was actually conquered by the English, and thats how they got Lake Victoria.
3)What was the primary technological advantage that Europeans had over African people?
The Europeans had an advantage of the hand over African people because they gave them gifts, had an African tribe, and the king of one tribe became friends with the Europeans.
4)Why were Europeans eventually able to conquer Africa so easily?
They were able to conquer Africa because they had stronger arms(guns)than the Africans