Question

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video review
directions: follow along with the video reviewing the \scramble for africa\ and answer the questions below.

1. identify - why did european countries initially settle in africa?
2. identify - why was the country of liberia established?
3. identify - what resources did europeans want to gather from africa?
4. identify - which country successfully resisted an italian invasion

Explanation:

1. European countries initially settled in Africa primarily to establish trade routes (for goods like gold, ivory, and spices) and set up trading posts, before later shifting to large-scale colonization for resource extraction and strategic power.
2. Liberia was established by the American Colonization Society as a place to resettle free Black people and formerly enslaved people from the United States in the 19th century.
3. Europeans sought a wide range of natural resources from Africa, including mineral resources like gold, diamonds, copper, and rubber, as well as agricultural resources such as palm oil, cotton, and cash crops for their industrial economies.

Answer:

1. To establish trade routes and trading posts for goods like gold, ivory, and spices, prior to large-scale colonization.
2. To resettle free and formerly enslaved Black people from the U.S.
3. Minerals (gold, diamonds, copper), rubber, palm oil, cotton, and other cash crops/raw materials.