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    The document discusses the major causes of the Scramble for Africa in the late 19th century by European colonial powers. Technological advancements in medicine, transport, and warfare gave Europeans a military advantage over Africans. Demand for raw materials from Africa like rubber, cotton, and minerals drove European trade and imperialism. Rivalry between the British, French, and newly unified German state, who sought colonial expansion under Weltpolitik, also contributed to the Scramble. Religious missions and racism further encouraged European countries to colonize Africa.

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    The document discusses the major causes of the Scramble for Africa in the late 19th century by European colonial powers. Technological advancements in medicine, transport, and warfare gave Europeans a military advantage over Africans. Demand for raw materials from Africa like rubber, cotton, and minerals drove European trade and imperialism. Rivalry between the British, French, and newly unified German state, who sought colonial expansion under Weltpolitik, also contributed to the Scramble. Religious missions and racism further encouraged European countries to colonize Africa.

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    The Scramble for Africa

    European Colonial Expansion


    Scale of Expansion
    Causes
     Technological Advancement

     Trade- Demand for Raw Materials

     Rivalry

     German Weltpolitik

     Missions

     Racism
    Technological Advancement

     Medicine

     Transport

     Warfare
    “Whatever happens we have got
    the maxim gun and they have not”
    —English poet Hilaire Belloc
    Trade and Demand for Raw
    Materials

     Copper

     Cotton

     Rubber

     Palm oil

     Diamonds
    Rivalry
     British

     French

     German
    was the name given to Germany's
    Weltpolitik foreign policy in the years following
    its unification at the hands of Otto
    Von Bismarck. it simply stood for
    'world policy', and was the word
    given to denote Germany's policy
     German Unification abroad.

     Otto von Bismarck Sought German world expansion


    Missions
    Racism

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