Scramble for Africa Debrief

1) We first looked on the internet to see which areas in Africa had the most of the supplies that we needed. Then we wrote those areas down so that when our turn came we could color those squares in. We made friends with the countries that owned land near ours so that they wouldn't attack us. We didn't end up with much land though, I think it was because we went last and had the least dice.
2) When we were thinking about which areas to take, we had to first make sure they had the supplies we needed. We took the atlas and then searched African countries that were rich in the minerals we needed. There is no point in claiming an area that only has agricultural products of we need something like coal and oil. We also had to make sure no one else had taken the area we wanted.
3) I think Great Britain won the scramble for Africa because at the end, they had the most land. They also had major areas that are rich in things like oil and coal.
4) I think Spain lost because they didn't have much land at all. Also, they went last so they didn't claim any good areas because a lot of people had taken the area they wanted. Their areas were spread out and not just clumped up in one place which is also good.