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task #31 perspectives on imperialism
the european perspective on imperialization was very different from that of the native peoples. this often caused conf between the two groups. the european \colonizers\ attempted to force their political structures and cultural values on the pe they colonized. in many cases the europeans drew new boundary lines in the countries of africa which did not follow the aric peoples traditional boundaries. not only were native groups of different cultures forced to live together against their will but th were required to assimilate to the culture of their european conqueror.
directions: read about the various areas of impact of european colonization in africa. answer the questions for eac area of impact. then write a conversation between native africans and europeans about their perspectives in the speec bubbles.
language
in order to participate in the economy or deal with the colonial government, the african people had to learn the language of the european power that ruled them. in schools run by the government, teachers spoke the language of the colonizer - not the colonized. people living in french colonies were encouraged to \be more french\. legal documents and official business were al conducted in the colonizers language as well. in general, the language of the colonizer became more important in each region han that of the colonized. today the people of africa, depending on the region, speak english, french, and portuguese in addition o their native languages.
in what three ways did europeans force colonies to assimilate using language?

what is true about africa today because europeans forced the use of their language in those areas?

natural resources
to the europeans, natural resources were necessary to fuel their factories and keep production going. they felt that the co people of africa would actually benefit from the success of their factories because they could buy manufactured good would improve their way of life. they felt justified in helping themselves to the natural resources available but did not a african people to industrialize so that they would remain dependent on their colonizers. they also feared that if the atric industrialized they would compete with europeans in the world market. although the land and all its resources actually be the african people, they received no compensation for them but instead were used as workers for very little to no pay erspective of the african people, the european colonizers were no better than common thieves and africa is veloping countries today because of the way europeans kept them from modernizing for their own benefit.

Explanation:

• For the first question, the text mentions that African people had to learn the colonizer's language for economy/government, schools used colonizer's language, and legal/official business was in colonizer's language.
• For the second question, the text states that today Africans, depending on region, speak colonizer languages (English, French, Portuguese) along with native languages.

Answer:

• Three ways Europeans forced assimilation using language:
• African people had to learn colonizer's language for economy/government.
• Schools used colonizer's language (not native).
• Legal documents/official business in colonizer's language.
• True about Africa today: People in Africa (depending on region) speak English, French, Portuguese (colonizer languages) in addition to native languages.