31 December 2011, 12:11 pm
a. encourage Jewish settlement in nearby Palestine b. increase trade between the Middle East, Europe and Asia c. allow Indian merchants to reach the east coast of Africa d. reduce the time needed for travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea Which of the following did NOT occur at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885? a. The conference divided all of Africa among the major European powers. b. The conference laid the ground rules for all further acquisitions in Africa. c. The conference organized and structured the terms under which Africa would fall to European nations. d. The Congo was given to Leopold of Belgium as the Congo Free State. A unique feature of new imperialism was the a. establishment of European control over Latin America. b. all of the answers are correct. c. establishment of direct political control over colonies through elaborate imperial bureaucracies d. reliance on indirect political control over colonies through ruling native elites. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Europeans improved roads and bridges and built railroads in their colonies primarily to a. obtain raw materials needed for industrialization b. impress the colonists with their technological knowledge c. help missionaries spread Christianity d. provide jobs for the colonists... Read More »
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