Challenges in the Middle East and Africa, 1800-1912
Paper instructions:
The history of European exploration of Africa is a story of patience and dedication, as well as of self-promotion and violence. Explorers opened the way for idealistic missionaries who hoped to eradicate the remaining slave trade. The “scramble for Africa” after 1870 resulted in the European exploitation of the continent for financial gain and geopolitical advantage. European colonial rule is one of the uglier chapters of modern history, whose worst legacy was the apartheid state of South Africa.

In this SLP, we will examine the Scramble for Africa and some of its causes and consequences.

Read the information in the background material, look for more information, and then write a 2 to 3 pages paper answering the following question:

Why did Europe want to get invovled in Africa after 1880 given its initial lack of material wealth?

 

Session Long Project (SLP) Assignment Expectations:

In Module 4 SLP, you are expected to:
• Describe the purpose of the paper and conclusion.
• Answer the case assignment questions clearly and provide necessary details.
• Provide a quality argument; that is, no poor sentence structure, no spelling and grammar mistakes or run-on sentences.
• Provide citations to support your argument and references on a separate page. Please use APA format to provide citations and references [http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ ; http://support.trident.edu/files/Well-Written-Paper.pdf].
•Answer all the case assignment questions in an essay format instead of point format. Please do not type questions in the paper.
•Type and double space the paper.