MMW 14
Chang Track
Fall
2015
Final Exam Review Guide
BRUH MOST OF THIS IS COPIED FROM QUIZLET
JUST FYI HOPE YOU SAW THIS BEFORE YOU PAID FOR THIS
WHOLE DOC
(This is meant to be a review guide, not the exam itself.
Ultimately, you are responsible for all the key materials in the
readings and lectures.)
Exam will be designed for 2 hours even though you will have 3
hours to finish.
If you arrive more than 10 minutes late to an
exam, you will forfeit your right to take the exam
.
(PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING TWO UNMARKED BLUEBOOK
FOR EXCHANGE)
REVIEW SESSION: MONDAY DECEMBER 7 @ 7:30 PM, CENTER
HALL 212
Part One: Multiple choice and Matching Terms (30%)
You need to be familiar with the historical context and significance of
the following names and terms from your readings and lectures.
Be
sure you are able to address the appropriate “who?” “what?” “where?”
and “when?’, and most importantly, “why?” questions associated with
each one.
Questions will be drawn from this guide.
BUT, this is also
very useful for the passage identification and essay portions.
Key Terms and Names
Imperialism’s “Heart of Darkness”
1. Frederick Lugard’s Africa policy
- Indirect rule, rely on locals and keep traditional
2. Berlin West Africa Conference
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Berlin West Africa Conference 1884-1885
--series of discussions between European powers on how to
partition Africa
--had U.S. and Ottoman Empire, but was more for show, and no
African delegates themselves
--ground rules for how to stake claims: need to provide timely
notification to other nations, if you make a claim you have to
demonstrate commitment through conquest or submission of
local chieftains
--not always through violence, could strike deals with natives for
land
--had to establish objectives, provide infrastructure that will bring
progress, spread Christianity, law, basically introduce civilization
--not always through violence, could strike deals with natives for
land
--had to establish objectives, provide infrastructure that will bring
progress, spread Christianity, law, basically introduce civilization
iii) Swift partitioning of African continent by European powers
--Ethiopia and Free State of Liberia were exempt from
colonization
--everything comes down to the color coded map, who controls
what area
3. King Leopold II
-2nd king of Belgium, obsessed with wealth, Congo. Extracted all
ivory and rubber.
4. Congo Free State
-Large area in Central Africa controlled by Leopold.
5. Roger Casement’s report
-British ambassador to congo, exposed all the horrors and
corruption
6. Edmund Morel
-Account of Leopold's Rule, british journalist who investigated the
ledgers of the anglo-belgian india rubber co.
Morel's verdict of "the heart of darkness"
1) Heart of darkness not innate to the Congo natives
2) Dehumanization was by product of Congo free state
3) Outcome was wrath of own savagery
4) Europeans' emphasis on law and order is just a disguise to
hide their inner savagery
7. Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company
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8. Militarization of the Congo
9. Tribal militias
10. Hand mutilations
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