Question

directions: take a look at the photo below, then answer the questions/write you before you leave school today. once you have answered the questions on this page, discuss your answers and preview the rest of the packet.

examine the picture above. what is the picture advertising or promoting? what are your feeli image?

essential question: is it ever acceptable for one country to control another country? why
(you may write, draw, or create a mind map to answer the question.)

learn4life world history a credit 4 l4l-world history a (2017)

Explanation:

1. For the image analysis: The graphic frames Tropical African colonies as a profitable trade partner for the "home country" (a colonial power), with rising trade values and imagery of resource extraction (gold mines, colonized figures) paired with the slogan "GROWING MARKETS FOR OUR GOODS"—it promotes the economic benefits of colonialism in Africa to the home country's population. The image feels exploitative, as it frames African colonies solely as a source of profit and resources, reducing the colonized people to symbols of extraction rather than sovereign communities.
2. For the essential question: In nearly all cases, one country controlling another (colonialism/imperialism) is not acceptable. It violates the right to self-determination, a core principle of international law and human rights. Historical examples show colonialism leads to systemic violence, exploitation of resources and labor, cultural erasure, and long-term economic and social harm to the colonized nation. Arguments in favor (e.g., "civilizing missions") have been discredited as justifications for exploitation, not legitimate benefits.

Answer:

1. The image is promoting the economic benefits of colonial control over Tropical African colonies, framing them as a growing, profitable market and resource source for the colonizing "home country." The image feels exploitative, as it reduces African colonies and their people to tools for the economic gain of the colonial power, ignoring the harm of colonization.
2. No, it is not ever acceptable for one country to control another. This violates the fundamental human right to self-determination, and colonial/imperial control has consistently led to exploitation, violence, cultural erasure, and long-term harm for the controlled nation, with supposed "benefits" serving as justifications for exploitation.