Text Analysis

Colonial Organisation

Stages for creating a colony

Reasons of Imperialism (Listening activity)

Reasons:

-European population grew during that period, improve standards of living and medical advances and people lived longer: a larger population meant more food and work

-Economic conditions in Europe were poor for many: peasants need to have the possibility of owning their own land.

-Many young Europeans left because they were disillusioned and frustrated by the economic and political situation at home. 

Juegos para aprender las capitales de África

Juego 1
Juego 2

CAPITALS OF AFRICA

Alphabetical list of capital cities in Africa

Country	Capital city
A
Algeria	Algiers
Angola	Luanda
B
Benin	Porto-Novo
Botswana	Gaborone
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou
Burundi	Bujumbura
C
Cabo Verde	Praia
Cameroon	Yaoundé
Central African Republic	Bangui
Chad	N'Djamena
Comoros	Moroni
Congo, Republic of the	Brazzaville
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Kinshasa
Cote d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro
D
Djibouti	Djibouti (city)
E
Egypt	Cairo
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo
Eritrea	Asmara
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
G
Gabon	Libreville
Gambia	Banjul
Ghana	Accra
Guinea	Conakry
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau
K
Kenya	Nairobi
L
Lesotho	Maseru
Liberia	Monrovia
Libya	Tripoli

Country	Capital city
M
Madagascar	Antananarivo
Malawi	Lilongwe
Mali	Bamako
Mauritania	Nouakchott
Mauritius	Port Louis
Morocco	Rabat
Mozambique	Maputo
N
Namibia	Windhoek
Niger	Niamey
Nigeria	Abuja
R
Rwanda	Kigali
S
Sao Tome and Principe	São Tomé
Senegal	Dakar
Seychelles	Victoria
Sierra Leone	Freetown
Somalia	Mogadishu
South Africa	Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judicial)
South Sudan	Juba
Sudan	Khartoum
Swaziland	Mbabane
T
Tanzania	Dodoma
Togo	Lomé
Tunisia	Tunis
U
Uganda	Kampala
Z
Zambia	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	Harare

IMPERIALISM

1. What’s the definition of imperialism?

Imperialism is the domination of one country’s political, economical or cultural life by another.

2. How was the way of life of the people living in colonies?

They are oppressed, abused and, in some cases, even killed.

3. What factors prompted Europe’s imperialist expansion?

- Imperialism brought wealth and power for Europeans

-To make money for the conquerors

4. What were the problems of Africa?

It suffered economic problems and political divisions

5. What was the consequence of the “slave trade”?

It has drastically reduced the population of the African societies.

6. Why Europeans had the ability to move quickly and efficiently?

Because of the Industrial Revolution and the development of the technology: new weapons and the steam power for moving locomotives and ships.

7. What were the natural resources needed by Europeans?

Rubber and petroleum

8. Who were the “missionaries”?

They were people that exported the western way of life and religion. They built temples and schools throughout the colonies. Sometimes they fought against the political and economic goals of imperialist nations.

9. Where did one of the worst slave oppression occur? Who carried it out?

It occurred in the Congo, carried out by king Leopold and other wealthy Belgians.

10. Who is the writer of the novel “Heart of darkness”?

He is Joseph Conrad. It deals with the dark side of imperialism.