Which of the Following Was an Important Unintended Consequence of the European

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was an important unintended consequence of the European partition of Africa in the late nineteenth century?

• A) European colonizers engaged in many wars with each other over African territory.
• B) Increased immigration from Africa to Europe
• C) People from throughout Africa began to think of themselves as members of a single nation.
• D) Boundary lines drawn by Europeans divided existing African ethnic,linguistic,cultural,and commercial units among several different colonies.

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