40a - Explain how the European partitioning across Africa co

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When a country controls the lands of another to gain from their resources and sends settlers...

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colonialism

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How did the Europeans “partition” Africa?

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At the Berlin Conference in 1884 the European countries divided Africa for natural resources.

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The modern day political boundaries, civil wars, and conflicts found in Africa can often be traced back to which of the following event? European partitioning and colonization, Ancient African trading empires, European cooperation in the late 1800s, Asian invasions in the 1800s

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European partitioning and colonization

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Which conclusion is accurate based on the map above? Options: the partitioning of Africa into colonies creates uneven and artificial political boundaries, European countries divided Africa because there were no civilizations there in 1914, modern African countries probably enjoy these boundaries because they all follow rivers, there were so many European countries that had colonies in Africa, so there was little conflict

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the partitioning of Africa into colonies creates uneven and artificial political boundaries

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The invasion, occupation, colonization, and annexation of Africa territory by European powers during the New Imperialism period between 1881 & 1914

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Scramble for Africa

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What does partitioning mean?

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to divide up

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What is Imperialism?

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when one nation is able to control other, usually smaller or weaker, nations

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The scramble for Africa can be described as.......

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fighting for natural resources and land in Africa

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Which of the following describes the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

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Stop European conflict by assigning African regions and the resources in each region

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Artificial political boundaries are....

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boundaries made by Europeans that ignored historical and ethnic borders