German East Africa
Kaiser's African territory
German East Africa was a colonial territory in the African Great Lakes region, comprising present-day Tanzania, Burundi, and Rwanda, held by Germany from 1885 until World War I.
After Germany's defeat, the territory was divided among Britain, Belgium, and Portugal under League of Nations mandates.
Dodoma-capital nation
- BurundiCentral African republic
- RwandaEast-Central African nation
- TanganyikaFormer East African nation
- ZanzibarEast African island territory
Victorian-era African explorer
- StanleyFalkland Islands' main town
- BurtonEnglish place or surname
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
cartography · Zanzibar · ivory · slave trade · trading routes · safari · ethnography · mapmaking
Large-scale farming operation
- protectorateGuarded semi-autonomous territory
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- exploitationSelfish use of others
pacification · forced labor · sisal · cotton · coffee · rubber · concession · native reserves
German imperial sovereign
- ReichstagGerman parliamentary assembly
- Berlin ConferenceMeeting that divided Africa
- governorState's chief executive
- treatyBinding pact between nations
Irregular combat using ambushes
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
- Belgian CongoFormer central African colony
- blockadeSealing off a place
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
Organized resistance to power
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- scorched earthDestroy all useful resources
- famineSevere food shortage
- collective punishmentPenalizing entire group for individual's actions
Tanzania
Dodoma-capital nation
- BurundiCentral African republic
- RwandaEast-Central African nation
- TanganyikaFormer East African nation
Zanzibar · Kilimanjaro · Lake Victoria · Great Rift Valley · Serengeti
Livingstone
Victorian-era African explorer
expedition · cartography · Zanzibar · ivory · slave trade · trading routes · safari · ethnography · mapmaking · missionary
plantation
Large-scale farming operation
- protectorateGuarded semi-autonomous territory
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
exploitation · pacification · forced labor · sisal · cotton · coffee · rubber · concession · native reserves · colonial governor
Kaiser Wilhelm
German imperial sovereign
- ReichstagGerman parliamentary assembly
- Berlin ConferenceMeeting that divided Africa
- governorState's chief executive
guerrilla warfare
Irregular combat using ambushes
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
- Belgian CongoFormer central African colony
- blockadeSealing off a place
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- scorched earthDestroy all useful resources
- famineSevere food shortage
collective punishment · chief · resistance leader · massacre
- colonial AfricaBelgian Congo, Ghana, Gold Coast, Freetown, Lagos
- East AfricaKenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
- TanzaniaSerengeti, Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro, Tanganyika, ujamaa
- BurundiHutu, Tutsi, regions, colonial history, historical sites
- Burundi historyHutu, Tutsi, coups, ethnic conflict, ethnic violence
- Colonial Burundicolonial rule, colonial administration, colonial borders, colonial boundaries, colonial exploitation
Africa, Germany, German, African, Germanic, Afrikaans, East, Afrikaner, Germanized