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Scramble for Africa Crossword Puzzle

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1.Region of Africa taken over by King Leopold of Belgium; Also name of a river
4.When one country seizes (takes through warfare) another country and rules over it.
6.Drug used to help prevent malaria; making it easier for colonizers to invade and conquer
9.Name of the period in history that came before the Scramble for Africa which marked the beginning of factories (2 words, no spaces)
11.Name of King who personally owned a large colony in the middle of Africa
13.A rebellion in German East Africa in which Africans believed that magic water would protect them from German bullets (2 words; no spaces)
14.Technology that linked European countries to their colonies; cables laid on the bottom of the sea
17.What Europeans were really interested in when they grabbed colonies in Africa; they fed the factories of Europe
18.Century in which Europeans carve up Africa.
19.The % of Africa controlled by Europeans BEFORE the Scramble for Africa
20.What new European steamboats were able to use as pathways into interior of Africa
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1.Location of European territory BEFORE the Scramble for Africa -- Always along the __________.
2.The latest technology which allowed Europeans to kill Africans during the conquest phase of the Scramble (2 words, no spaces)
3.A meeting held by European powers in Germany where they agreed how to split up the continent without fighting each other (2 words, no spaces)
5.People who traveled to Africa to convert Africans to Christianity; built schools and hospitals as well
7.Word for widespread starvation caused by Africans being forced to grow cash crops instead of food they eat
8.The racist philosophy that allowed Europeans to justify the conquest of African lands; A false science (2 words, no spaces)
10.The raw material that comes from the sap of a tree grown in the tropical region of the Congo
12.Competition for colonies
15.Peanuts, palm oil, cocoa, and rubber are examples of these grown in African colonies (2 words, no spaces)
16.The one country that fought back against a European army and won; country remained independent in carve-up

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