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Answer:
The Scramble for Africa was an event where mass European exploration to Africa led to its colonization.
Explanation:
What started off as Belgium’s exploration into Africa, brought a multitude of European nations “scrambling to Africa” for resources. Belgium was a new country, and they wanted their place in the sun. Seeing Africa as a land of opportunity, they settled for its central parts. Why hasn’t Africa been known to Europeans before? Disease led to European countries avoiding the country. It was literally called the White Man’s Graveyard. However, improvements in medicine led to safer travel. The invention of the machine gun also led to colonization, as it brutally decimated African soldiers, whose weapons were primitive compared to that of European technology. Europeans thought they were obligated to colonize and civilize the “savages” that lived in places that they deemed inferior. The scientific racism led to this viewpoint, as scientists used science to “prove” how they were far smarter than other races.
