Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

The film "Mountains of the Moon" was about europeans who were sent to africa to civilize,explore,conquer.
they faced manny hardships during there time in africa such as african tribes that had no understanding of there language or trade,other hardships were the animals such as lions,also bugs,and diseases.
Lake victoria is the source of the nile river,it is strange and unusual because it is located in africa yet it is named after a british queen.Yet its not strange because it shows that the british discovered it and named it after there queen.
the advatage the europeans had over the africans were the resources and the weapons.
they conquered them so easily because the weapons and resources made it easy to take over.

Scramble For Africa

The scramble for africa was an imperialist move by different countries to the invade and to take over territory of africa.The scramble for africa was also known as the race of africa.
The countries that attempted to control territory in africa were berlin,britain,france,and germany.The reason these countries were atracted to africa was because africa was untouched by imperialism or civilization also racial and economikc reasons.
the africans were dominated so easily because the disadvantage of weapons,communication,and supply europeans had the upper hand in the matter.
It affected the africans in many ways such as comunication,they learned to spaeak english and other languages also they are more civilized,they now have more material weapons.
The scramble for africa began 1881.The scramble for africa was also called the race for africa