Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

As the Europeans explored Africa, they faced many hardships. Throughout their journey they would encounter random brutal attacks from other African tribes that would force them to abandon their journey. They would come across a number of dangerous ferocious wild animals like lions and tigers, but didn't cause any deaths. The slaves that were brought on the trip would also cause hardships, stealing goods and food and running away with it. The conditions that the ground was in were horrible, with big rocks that would interfere. The weather would also be a major factor to effect the slaves during the exploration that would cause deaths and less help for the rest of the trip. Many things hurt the exploration on the search of the source of the Nile River, due to all these negative aspects it slowed the journey down, but they still managed to get through it all. It's strange that the source of the Nile River is named after a British Queen because the lake is located in Africa. The founders of the lake were European, therefore they named it after their queen. Its all due to imperialism. They had the power to overcome Africa because they had more power and the right to name it of their choice. And still today, the lake is called Lake Victoria. The European had a primary technological advantage over the African people which were mainly weapons, medicine, and utensils. They had a lot more power due to advanced weapons such as guns. They had a lot more food, medicine, and utensils for survival and power over the African people. Due to all this the Europeans eventually were able to conquer Africa. They had no defense to help them counter back. This is another example of imperialism. Europeans had the upper hand, with more power, to take over the more weaker, which was Africa.