Question

The Berlin Conference established the borders of North African countries including Egypt Libya, and Sudan The landscape of these countries influenced the types of boundaries imposed by the European colonial powers
Which of the following boundary types best explains the influence of landscape on the political borders of the North African region?

Answer 1

Answer: e. Geometric, with straight lines, disregarding physical features or tribal cultural differences of the areas.

Explanation:

The boundaries of the nations of Africa as they are now is as a result of the European scramble for colonies on the continent. When these European powers held the Berlin Conference, they simply demarcated the continent amongst themselves by making claims based on maps.

These claims enabled them to draw up boundaries that were geometric with quite a number of straight lines which cared little for physical features or the tribes living in the area.

This is why countries like Egypt, Sudan, Botswana and Angola have straight lines in their boundaries as well as why  tribes like the Tswana are in two different countries being South Africa and Botswana even thought they occupy the same area.