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| Churches in Europe and the US sent a growing number of people to the colonies. Although they hoped to convert people the missionaries did other work as well. They helped build schools and taught in them. They cared for the sick and helped establish and operate hospitals. Through their efforts they spread knowledge of medicine, hygiene and sanitation. |
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New Machines need raw materials such as copper and rubber. To protect themselves countries tried to control reigons that had the raw materials they needed. |
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| Built in 1854 by the French. Will go through the Ismuth to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. In 1875 the British now owned so much stock of the canal that they gained control of the canal. |
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| Spoke their own language known as Afrikaans. As they moved into their new territories they came into contact with the Zulu. In 1899 the Boer War broke out. After three years of fighting the British defeated the Boers. |
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The language that the Boers spoke |
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Here the local ruler kept his title. However Europe really controlled the area. Other nations were kept out. |
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France yielded control of the Sudan to Great Britain. The outcome was that Great Britain and Egypt won joint control of the area |
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| A European style of government based on the belief that Africans were not able to rule themselves. Europeans governed their colonies in the same way that parents guide their children |
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When people give up their |
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A god or godess who assists the hero |
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| a spiritual or psychological reflection of the hero’s best quality. (or worst) EX) Athena, goddess of wisdom, Odysseus, wily, clever ---- however a hero’s negative tendencies may also be mirrored by the gods. EX) Poseidon and Odysseus |
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| stories that use fantasy that express ideas about life that cannot be expressed in reality terms. The Greek myths were often religious and their gods were most important. |
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