TOPIC Using the documents, analyze African actions … The following DBQ appeared on the 2009 AP...

DIRECTIONS

ThefollowingDBQappearedonthe2009APWorldHistoryExam.CompletethefollowingstepstopreparetowriteanessayonthisDBQtopic.

1. ReadandanalyzewhateachdocumentistellingyouABOUTTHETOPIC.

2. Forasmanydocumentsasyoucan,determinehowthepointofviewoftheauthormayaffectwhatthedocumentistellingyou.

3. GroupthedocumentsinatleastTHREEwaysbasedonsimilaritiesamongthedocuments.

4. Determineanyadditionaldocumentsthatmayadddepthtoyouranalysis.

5. Composeathesisstatementthatdirectlyrespondstoallpartsofthetopic.

6. Writetheessay.

TOPIC

Usingthedocuments,analyzeAfricanactionsandreactionsinresponsetotheEuropeanScrambleforAfrica.IdentifyadditionaltypesofdocumentsandexplainhowtheywouldhelpinassessingAfricanactionsandreactions.

HistoricalBackground:InthethreedecadesaftertheBerlinConferenceonAfrica(1884‐1885),EuropeanpowersoccupiedandcolonizedareasinAfrica,aprocesslatertermedtheScrambleforAfrica.