2. •South Africa has the largest
economy of any African country.
•The African continent has the
second largest population in the
world, at about 1.216 billion people
General facts
3. •Africa has the largest
waterfall in the world-
Victoria falls.
•It has the longest river in
the world, which is in Egypt
called the River Nile.
Geographic facts
5. •Well over one thousand languages are
spoken by the people of Africa.
including Zulu, Afrikaans and Arabic.
•South Africa is home to a wide variety of
animals including the African Hippopotamus,
Nile Crocodile, African elephant and
Cheetah.
Interesting fact
Arabic is spoken by 170 million people on the continent, followed by English
(130 million), Swahili (100), French (115), Berber (50), Hausa (50),
Portuguese (20) and Spanish (10).
7. •The most popular sports in
South Africa are rugby,
football and cricket.
•Islam is the most common religion
in Africa, while Christianity is
second religion in order.
•Algeria is the largest country in
Africa. It occupies an area of over
3.8 million square kilometres.
8. Because Africa was and is so awesome, people
wanted to colonise it. (take it over)clip
9. 1. Yellow fever, Malaria and
Sleeping sickness which
would kill Europeans.
2. The Nagana disease
killed their horses, so they
had to go on foot.
Why didn’t the Europeans take over
Africa until the 19th century ?
3. In terms of weapons
both sides had swords/
spears and guns as well.
10. Why was Africa targeted?
1. Abundance of natural resources like:
Gold, copper, rubber, coco beans and cheap labour
2. Industrial revolution
There was competition between European nations to
be the biggest and strongest.
Particularly between Britain, France, and Germany.
3. Europeans saw themselves as the most advanced
and saw it their mission to "civilize" people in the
rest of the world.
11. 1. Advances in technology.
Steam powered boats.
2. Medical advances. Cure
for Malaria was found.
How did the Europeans become ready to
take over Africa?
3. More powerful guns and
weapons.
13. The Berlin Conference (1884)
The European countries decided who would get
which part of Africa.
They split Africa up, paying no attention to
culture and leaving people from the same tribe
on different sides of the borders.
What is Africa being
represented as
here?
14. 1. From the 1800s, European
countries began to take control
of coastal areas in Africa e.g.
French Algeria.
Summary of the takeover
Why just the
coasts?
15. Read page 104-105 and the do activity questions 105.
QUESTION MARKS
1 1
2 1
3 1
4 2
5 (MAX 6 COUNTRIES) 3
6 (30 words) 3
7 A) 2
B) 2
8 3
9. Only 2 countries were not colonised.
Use page 105 to say which these 2
countries were.
2
TOTAL MARKS= 20
16. 1. We are all linked to Africa as experts
believe first humans came from Africa.
21. 6. Desire for resources like timber, gold and crops.
Become world super power. Increase empire.
Some wanted slaves.
22. 7. a) Exploited means to be used by the
countries who rule them.
Independence means they threw out the
colonisers and ruled themselves.
b) Control own future, benefit from own
resources, fed up of abuse and violence, wish
to have better education.
23. 8.
• Tension between different religions.
• Dispute over land borders.
• Different languages
• Power struggle between people in same
country
• Loyalty to people across the border.
25. Use page 105 to create
your own map of who
colonised Africa.
26. The divisions of Africa done for each European country
form the basis of the African nations we have today.
After World War II (1939-1945),
European countries became weak and
could not rule Africa… so from the
1950-1990, African countries became
independent.
27. The History of Africa
Why didn’t the Europeans take over
Africa until the 19th century ?
Why was Africa targeted?
How did the Europeans become ready to
take over Africa?
Facts about Africa:
