Question

Match the events to the impact they had on Africa during the late nineteenth century. Tiles colonization of the Congo Berlin Conference of 1884 Berlin Act of 1885 Pairs settled territorial disputes between European nations arrowBoth prohibited the slave trade in Africa arrowBoth marked the beginning of Scramble for Africa arrowBoth

Answer 1

Berlin Conference of 1884 - settled territorial disputes between European nations

Berlin Act of 1885 - prohibited the slave trade in Africa

colonization of the Congo - marked the beginning of Scramble for Africa

Answer 2

The three events had a large impact in the history of Africa during the late 19th century:

• Tiles colonization of the Congo completed the colonization of the last African region by European powers
• Berlin Conference of 1884 settled territorial disputes between European nations. It regulated European colonization and trade practices during the new coloniasm era. It was organized by Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany who had just emerged as a new imperialist power.
• Berlin Act of 1885, was the result of the Berlin conference and marked the beginning of the scramble for Africa. It also prohibited slavery and specially slave trade.