WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Question
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It led to the local people becoming much richer.
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Many local groups were divided by the Europeans drawing random borders.
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Europeans shared their wealth with the colonies.
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The Europeans taught the colonies how to do the Thriller dance from Michael Jackson.
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Detailed explanation-1: -With the exception of Ethiopia and Liberia, all the states that make up present day Africa were parceled out among the colonial powers within a few years after the meeting. Lines of longitude and latitude, rivers and mountain ranges were pressed into service as borders separating the colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The reasons for African colonisation were mainly economic, political and religious. During this time of colonisation, an economic depression was occurring in Europe, and powerful countries such as Germany, France, and Great Britain, were losing money.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the mid to late 19th century, the European powers colonized much of Africa and Southeast Asia. During the decades of imperialism, the industrializing powers of Europe viewed the African and Asian continents as reservoirs of raw materials, labor, and territory for future settlement.
Detailed explanation-4: -Most of today’s international boundaries within Africa derive from the Berlin Conference of 1884-5, when the colonial powers divided the region between themselves in order to provide a framework for their own political administrations and for the regulation of trade.