Question

Which of these BEST describes the type of protectorate commonly found in imperial-controlled Africa?
A) The region directly controlled by a foreign power
B) Region considered an administrative subdivision of another country
C) Region allowed to maintain its government while under imperial control
D) Region controlled by a private business instead of a foreign government
E) The region over which another Matson holda exclusive trade rights

Answer 1

Hint: During the New Imperialism period, the Scramble for Africa, also known as the Partition of Africa or the Conquest of Africa, seven Western European powers invaded, occupied, divided, and colonised much of Africa (between 1881 and 1914)

Complete answer:
- The sort of protectorate frequently seen in imperial-controlled Africa is one that allows a region to keep its governance while under imperial administration.
- Despite Ethiopia being invaded and captured by Italy in 1936, only Ethiopia and Liberia remained independent in 1914.
- The Berlin Conference of 1884, which controlled the European colonisation and commerce in Africa, is claimed to have started the Scramble for Africa.
- There were substantial political rivalry among European powers in the final part of the nineteenth century. Without the necessity for conflicts between European powers, Africa was partitioned.
- In the late nineteenth century, European nations transitioned from "informal imperialism" to "formal imperialism."
- European traders had established small trading posts along the coast by 1840, but they seldom travelled interior, preferring to stay near to the sea. They primarily dealt with residents of the area. Many parts of the continent were basically unfit for Europeans due to high death rates from tropical illnesses like malaria. During the latter decades of nineteenth century, European explorers mapped much of East and Central Africa.
- Region allowed to maintain its government while under imperial control describes the type of protectorate commonly found in imperial-controlled Africa.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note: In the 1870s, Europeans owned just ten percent of the African continent, with all of their holdings being near the shore. Portugal's Angola and Mozambique, the United Kingdom's Cape Colony, and France's Algeria were the most important possessions. By 1914, only Ethiopia and Liberia were independent of European authority, with Liberia having close links to the United States.