What Resulted from the Berlin Conferences of 1884 and 1885

question 27

Multiple Choice

What resulted from the Berlin conferences of 1884 and 1885 that determined European control of Africa?

• A) A linear dissection of the continent that cut across indigenous boundaries of African ethnicities, a ban on the sale of alcohol, and limits on the flow of firearms to Africans
• B) Britain and Germany taking control of huge amounts of territory while not allowing less powerful countries like France and Belgium to gain control of any important land
• C) An agreement that dictated shared European responsibility for Africa, with Britain and France supplying civilian leaders and Germany and Russia supplying military forces
• D) Further national feuding, as none of the nations could agree on territorial borders within Africa or how to resolve claims on places such as South Africa where multiple nations were involved

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