Question

Europeans ignored cultural divisions when setting colonial boundaries because

A)Europeans had no interest in or concern for African cultural divisions.
B)African cultural divisions were too complex for Europeans to understand.
C)respecting African cultural identity might negatively affect Africa’s economy.
D) African citizens did not have a strong sense of national or cultural identity.

Answer 1

The answer to this one is A

Answer 2

The right answer is A)Europeans had no interest in or concern for African cultural divisions.

With the possible exception of the Americas, there is no other continent ton which European influence has been so profound. In the city of Berlin in 1885, major European powers carved up a blank map of Africa by the strokes of a pen. They created more than 40 entirely new countries overnight without regard to existing political entities, ethnic boundaries, historical relationships, alliances, and geographic and demographic variables. Africans had to live within the new boundaries in completely alien political systems with contrived citizenry.