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Why did Europe seek to colonize Africa? Select all that apply. to expanded its marketplace for gun trade to get raw materials for its tropical climate

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expand marketplace and to get raw materials
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Answer:

1. to expanded its marketplace, 2. to get raw materials.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • The scramble of the African continent or what is also called as the division of the African world by the for the resource wealth and the expansion of the market by the Europeans, and the beginning of the new imperialism in 1881 to 1914.
  • The colonizers were from Spain, Italy, France, Britain and the Germany Portugal, Belgium. The sub-Saharan Africa was generally recognized for the social and political reasons. Having known for surplus capital and political oversea cheap materials.
  • The raw materials like the coca, paper, and sugar had a grat competition in the markets. while the tropical zones where the large scope of investments in the overseas regions.
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