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big1devin

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Why was it important that the British claim the effective occupation over the savanna region, still controlled by the Sokoto Caliphate?
 
  a. To stop the spread of Islam.
  b. To prevent the unification of Muslim Egypt and West Africa.
  c. To limit the threat of France to Egypt and the Nile River valley.
  d. Centralized Muslim power of Africans under the leadership of Usuman dan Fodio.
  e. A French-German alliance along coastal West Africa that threatened Britain's Suez Canal.

Question 2

What was a result of Stanley's explorations?
 
  a. Recognition of scope of the Congo River
  b. Search for valuable resources in Central Africa
  c. Establishment of new missions in Central Africa
  d. Claiming Central Africa in the name of Great Britain
  e. Establishment of British military forts in Central Africa



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a



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