Why Was It Important That the British Claim the "Effective

question 64

Multiple Choice

 Why was it important that the British claim the "effective occupation" over the savanna region,still controlled by the Sokoto Caliphate?

• A)To stop the spread of Islam.
• B)To prevent the unification of Muslim Egypt and West Africa.
• C)To limit the threat of France to Egypt and the Nile River valley.
• D)Centralized Muslim power of Africans under the leadership of Usuman dan Fodio.
• E)A French-German alliance along coastal West Africa that threatened Britain's Suez Canal.

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