Question

africa became a major place for european colonization at the end of the nineteenth century. european countries ruled almost all of africa by 1900. maintaining that rule was not easy, however. african nationalism emerged during the early part of the twentieth century.
for a long time, most african states kept their independence. however, in 1874, great britain annexed or took over control of the western coastal states. they became the british colony of the gold coast. at about the same time, britain established a protectorate (a political unit that depends on another government for its protection) in nigeria. the british believed they needed to protect their interests in egypt and the suez canal. to do so, they tried to take over the sudan, south of egypt.
by 1900, france had added a huge area of french west africa to its colonial empire. france then controlled the largest part of west africa. germany also colonized the area. it controlled togo, cameroon, german southwest africa, and german east africa.
before 1880, europeans controlled little of the african continent directly. instead, african rulers and merchants represented european interests there. between 1880 and 1900, intense rivalries for power and wealth among great britain, france, germany, belgium, italy, spain, and portugal led to the colonization of africa. during that time, almost all of africa ended up under european rule.
europeans saw africa as a good source of raw materials. they were especially interested in west africa’s peanuts, wood, animal hides, and palm oil. earlier in the nineteenth century, europeans had profited from trading enslaved people from this part of africa. by the late 1800s, however, the trade in enslaved people had almost completely ended. as the slave trade declined, europe’s interest in other forms of trade increased. the growing european presence led to increasing tensions with west african governments.
why were european countries interested in west africa and north africa?
○ europeans were interested in west africa’s peanuts, wood, animal hides, and palm oil
○ all of these are accurate.
○ none of these are accurate.
○ europeans saw africa as a good source of raw materials

Explanation:

The passage states that Europeans were interested in West Africa's raw materials like peanuts, wood, animal hides, and palm oil, and also viewed Africa broadly as a good source of raw materials. Both stated reasons are accurate.

Answer:

C. All of these are accurate