Political Cartoon Analysis Tool with a Geographic Lens 10/20/15 Page 1
Students: Please answer the following questions and cite your evidence using the political cartoon found at:
Observe
What do you see first?
The man
Evidence : there's a man looking tired
on the tree
List the geographic features you
see? Are they in the foreground or
background? Theres mostly people
holding their flags and weapons
Evidence: theres the people from
different countries there holding their
flags and the weapons symbolize the
war in africa
List the people or objects in
the cartoon. There are the
people holding their flags and
the man looking tired
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Reflect Question
What do the people or What are the messages of this cartoon?
symbols represent? Slavery
and the take over of africa How bad africa was being treated
Evidence: it shows the europeans
tearing africa apart
Evidence: this political cartoon was
made in that time
Describe what is happening in
the cartoon. The european
countries are taking over africa
while the man which is assumed What groups might agree or
to be a slave/symbolizing africa disagree with this message? Why?
looks tired
The europeans that are in favor of
Are there emotions reflected in doing all those things
this cartoon? Inequality,
unfairness, sadness
Evidence: the europeans are the ones
that are taking over.
Evidence: you can tell from the
man’s face
What geographic themes are
represented in this cartoon?
africa
 Evidence:

Created by the Geographic Alliances from Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Oregon through a grant from National Geographic Society
What text do you see? List the text
you think is important (title, caption,
phrases). I see flags, weapons,
people stealing the letters from africa
What geographic event, issue, or
problem does this cartoon
illustrate? slavery
Evidence: its a political cartoon on
slavery and the take over of africa
Who do you think created this
cartoon? Why? Someone that was
against this
Evidence: they made the cartoon to
spread awareness on the problem
What geographic theme(s) (region,
place, movement, physical system,
human environment, interaction,
etc.) does this cartoon show?
africa
What is missing from this cartoon?
How would the addition of that
information improve or clarify the
message? Maybe more african
americans
Evidence: to show how many people
are being affected my this
How do the clothing, buildings,
tranporation and/or landscape reflect
the economic, political, or societal
conditions for the time when the
cartoon was made? They are wearing
old clothing
Evidence: that type of clothing was
popular when these issues are going on
What geographic questions would
you like to ask the creator of this
cartoon? Were you a european that
was against this?
Evidence: