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AFRICA IS A FAIRLY SMALL AFRICA IS A FAIRLY SMALL CONTINENT THAT HAD DEVELOPED A CONTINENT THAT HAD DEVELOPED A UNIFIED CULTURE BEFORE THE UNIFIED CULTURE BEFORE THE EUROPEAN NATIONS BEGAN EUROPEAN NATIONS BEGAN ESTABLISHING COLONIES.ESTABLISHING COLONIES.• WHY IS THIS FALSE?WHY IS THIS FALSE?• IT SHOULD / COULD READ…IT SHOULD / COULD READ…

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AFRICA IS LARGE CONTINENTAFRICA IS LARGE CONTINENT• SECOND ONLY TO ASIASECOND ONLY TO ASIA• THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES

WOULD FIT INTO IT MORE THAN THREE WOULD FIT INTO IT MORE THAN THREE TIMESTIMES

THAT IS NOT UNIFIED, ANDTHAT IS NOT UNIFIED, AND CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE WITH CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE WITH

DIVISIONS TODAY!DIVISIONS TODAY!

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EUROPEAN EXPLORERES IN THE EUROPEAN EXPLORERES IN THE EARLY 1800s GAINED A COMPLETE EARLY 1800s GAINED A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PEOPLES UNDERSTANDING OF THE PEOPLES THEY MET.THEY MET.• FALSE!FALSE!• IT SHOULD / COULD READ…IT SHOULD / COULD READ…

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EUROPEAN EXPLORERS DID NOT EUROPEAN EXPLORERS DID NOT GAIN A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING GAIN A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PEOPLES THEY CONQUERED.OF THE PEOPLES THEY CONQUERED.• ETHNOCENTRIC APPROACHETHNOCENTRIC APPROACH• OFTEN VALUED/ SAW MONEY BEFORE OFTEN VALUED/ SAW MONEY BEFORE

THE PEOPLETHE PEOPLE

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CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES HELPED CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES HELPED AFRICANS BY TEACHING THEM TO AFRICANS BY TEACHING THEM TO VALUE AFRICAN CULTURE.VALUE AFRICAN CULTURE.• FALSE!FALSE!• IT SHOULD / COULD READ…IT SHOULD / COULD READ…

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CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES TAUGHT CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES TAUGHT THEM EUROPEAN CULTURE – THEM EUROPEAN CULTURE – HISTORY, LANGUAGE, RELIGION!HISTORY, LANGUAGE, RELIGION!

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AT THE BERLIN CONFERENCE, AT THE BERLIN CONFERENCE, AFRICANS AND EUROPEANS AGREE AFRICANS AND EUROPEANS AGREE THAT ALL OF AFRICA WOULD REMAIN THAT ALL OF AFRICA WOULD REMAIN FREE.FREE.• FALSE!FALSE!• IT SHOULD / COULD READ…IT SHOULD / COULD READ…

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THE BERLIN CONFERENCE DID NOT THE BERLIN CONFERENCE DID NOT CONSIDER/ PRIORITIZE THE CONSIDER/ PRIORITIZE THE INDIGENDOUS AFRICAN PEOPLES.INDIGENDOUS AFRICAN PEOPLES.

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EUROPEAN NATIONS SCRAMBLED EUROPEAN NATIONS SCRAMBLED FOR AFRICAN COLONIES BECAUSE FOR AFRICAN COLONIES BECAUSE THEY NEEDED A PLACE FOR THEIR THEY NEEDED A PLACE FOR THEIR OVERGROWN POPULATIONS.OVERGROWN POPULATIONS.• FALSE.FALSE.• IT COULD HAVE READ….IT COULD HAVE READ….

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NO! FINDING ADDITIONAL LAND FOR NO! FINDING ADDITIONAL LAND FOR OVERGROWN POPULATIONS DID NOT OVERGROWN POPULATIONS DID NOT FUEL THE QUEST FOR FOREIGN FUEL THE QUEST FOR FOREIGN DOMINATION.DOMINATION.• REMEMBER THE 3 Gs.REMEMBER THE 3 Gs.

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AFRICAN PEOPLE CALMLY ACCEPTED AFRICAN PEOPLE CALMLY ACCEPTED THE EUROPEANS AS RULERS.THE EUROPEANS AS RULERS.• FALSE!FALSE!• IT SHOULD / COULD READ…IT SHOULD / COULD READ…

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AFRICAN PEOPLE CALMLY ACCEPTED AFRICAN PEOPLE CALMLY ACCEPTED THE EUROPEANS AS RULERS.THE EUROPEANS AS RULERS.• FALSE!!!!!!!!FALSE!!!!!!!!• IT COULD / SHOULD OF READ…IT COULD / SHOULD OF READ…

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THE AFRICAN PEOPLE GREATLY THE AFRICAN PEOPLE GREATLY RESISTED EUROPEAN RULE BUT RESISTED EUROPEAN RULE BUT THEIR ATTEMPTS FAILED DUE TO THE THEIR ATTEMPTS FAILED DUE TO THE SUPERIOR WEAPONS OF THE SUPERIOR WEAPONS OF THE EUROPEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!EUROPEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!