Question

Write about the “Berlin Conference”.

Answer 1

i. The European nations held a conference at Berlin in 1884-85. 

ii. It was based on the principle of ‘Effective Possession’. 

iii. It gave consent to King Leopold’s possession of the Congo region and passed a set of directives for the division of the African continent. 

iv. It was collectively agreed that the new possession of a region would be interactively decided. 

v. Later, by 1914, the European nations colonized the entire African continent.