HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Gold
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Timber
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Rubber
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Tobacco
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Detailed explanation-1: -c. Scientific racism did not play any role in the colonization of Africa as racial considerations were irrelevant to European colonizers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The continent has 40 percent of the world’s gold and up to 90 percent of its chromium and platinum. The largest reserves of cobalt, diamonds, platinum and uranium in the world are in Africa. It holds 65 per cent of the world’s arable land and ten percent of the planet’s internal renewable fresh water source.
Detailed explanation-3: -1) The European imperialist push into Africa was motivated by three main factors, economic, political, and social.
Detailed explanation-4: -The New Colonialism: Britain’s scramble for Africa’s energy and mineral resources. The report reveals the degree to which British companies now control Africa’s key mineral resources, notably gold, platinum, diamonds, copper, oil, gas and coal.