Table of Contents
- 1 Why did Western nations desire lands in the Pacific Rim Group of answer choices?
- 2 What was the main reason why there were not enough food supplies in Africa during European colonization?
- 3 What was the real purpose of the Berlin conference what did it result in?
- 4 Where did the British Empire control an entire continent?
- 5 What was decided at the Berlin Conference held in 1884?
- 6 Why did the Boers not participate in the Great Trek?
- 7 What was the purpose of the Great Trek?
- 8 Who were the early Boers?
Why did Western nations desire lands in the Pacific Rim Group of answer choices?
Why did Western nations desire lands in the Pacific Rim? because of their natural resources and strategic location. European nations met to lay down rules for the division of Africa.
What was the main reason why there were not enough food supplies in Africa during European colonization?
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| Why was India called the “jewel in the crown?” | It was the most valuable of all of Britain’s colonies. |
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| What was the main cause of inadequate food supplies in Africa during European colonization? | Europeans insisted on the growth of cash crops, such as cotton. |
What happened at the 1884 1885 Berlin Conference quizlet?
What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885? Europeans divided Africa into colonies without consulting African leaders. They both based government institutions on European styles.
What was the real purpose of the Berlin conference what did it result in?
In 1884, Otto von Bismarck convened the Berlin Conference to discuss the African problem. Its outcome, the General Act of the Berlin Conference, formalized the Scramble for Africa. The diplomats in Berlin laid the rules of competition by which the great powers were to be guided in seeking colonies.
Where did the British Empire control an entire continent?
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| 1) Where did the British empire control an entire continent | Australia |
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| 2) Which continent had the greatest number of British colonist | Africa |
| 3) On which continent did British control the smallest land area | South America |
| 4) What was the goal of direct control | assimilation |
What did Britain want from Africa?
The British wanted to control South Africa because it was one of the trade routes to India. However, when gold and diamonds were discovered in the 1860s-1880s their interest in the region increased. This brought them into conflict with the Boers.
What was decided at the Berlin Conference held in 1884?
To gain public acceptance, the conference resolved to end slavery by African and Islamic powers. Thus, an international prohibition of the slave trade throughout their respected spheres was signed by the European members.
Why did the Boers not participate in the Great Trek?
The Dutch Reformed Church, to which most of the Boers belonged, explicitly refused to endorse the Great Trek. Despite their hostility towards the British, there were Boers who chose to remain in the Cape of their own accord.
What caused the Great Trek of South Africa?
The Great Trek was spurred by rising tensions between rural descendants of the Cape’s original, mostly Dutch, European settlers, known collectively as Boers, and the later, mostly British, settlers, who had taken control of the Cape on behalf of the British Empire.
What was the purpose of the Great Trek?
Great Trek. The Great Trek resulted from the culmination of tensions between rural descendants of the Cape’s original European settlers, known collectively as Boers, and the British Empire. It was also reflective of an increasingly common trend among individual Boer communities to pursue an isolationist and semi-nomadic lifestyle away from…
Who were the early Boers?
The migrating Boers, called Voortrekkers (Afrikaans: “Early Migrants”), left in a series of parties of kinfolk and neighbours, with an almost equal number of mixed-race dependents, under prominent leaders.