Please read pages 692-702 before class on Monday/Tuesday. Look out for the following details while you read and remember to take notes over the most important points.
- Who was Shaka? Who were the Zulu? (pg. 694)
- Who controlled the "Cape Colony" (South Africa) before 1806 and who controlled it after that? (pg. 694)
- Who were the Afrikaners? (pg. 694)
- What was the result of the war between the British and the Zulu? (pg. 695)
- Why did the South African/Boer War begin? Who won this conflict? (pg. 696)
- What was the Sokoto Caliphate and what is its significance? (pg. 697)
- What was the Berlin Conference and why does it start the "scramble for Africa"? (pg. 698-699)
- What did Ismail (Muhammad Ali's grandson) hope for Egypt and what problems arose when he tried to make radical changed? How did Britain become involved? (pg. 700)
- Ethiopia was one of only a handful of African nations to remain independent. Which European nation attempted to take over the nation and why did they fail? (pg. 701)
- Which nation did the most to stop the slave trade? (pg. 701)
- Which items were a part of the new legitimate trade that went on after the end of the slave trade? Which export was the most successful? (pg. 701)