Section One-Scramble For Africa-Brussels/Berlin Conferences

Question 1

When was the Brussels Conference?

Answer 1

In 1876

Question 2

What did the Brussels conference consist of?

Answer 2

It was motivated largely by the desire to protect Belgian interests in the Congo

Question 3

What was concluded in the Brussels Conference?

Answer 3

• Africans were incapable of developing the natural resources to be found in Central Africa- European intervention was therefore necessary
• The routes to Africa’s great lakes needed to be developed by building roads or railways
• An International African Association should be established to coordinate the Europeans’ efforts

Question 4

What created suspicions at the Brussels Conference?

Answer 4

• It soon became apparent that Leopold was intent on establishing his own Congo empire
• This led to heightened competition as many countries started to expand in Africa as a result

Question 5

When was the Berlin Conference?

Answer 5

1884-1885

Question 6

Who Hosted the Berlin conference?

Answer 6

-Otto Von Bismarck hosted the conference which was attended by all the major powers

Question 7

What did the Berlin Conference conclude?

Answer 7

• All nations should be permitted to trade in the basin of the Congo and its outlets
• There should be free trade in these regions
• Effective Occupation. A european power could assert a claim to a land that it occupied and notify other powers
• It did little for indigenous people and the slave trade was still prominent in Africa