European Colonization Of Africa Dbq
During the 19th century, the role geography played in the European colonization of Africa encouraged European efforts to control the massive continent of Arica. This document based question can be split up into three groups of documents: hindered, encouraged, and ignored efforts. The Europeans came together and created a conference called the Berlin Conference in 1884 in order for them to split Africa and prevent disputes (Document J). This encouraged the European efforts to colonize Africa because of the massive size of the continent. The fact that it comes from a European point of view helps and encourages the positive advantages geography helps colonize Africa. This document can be grouped with L, B2, and B3 since they all show how it encourages