Multiple choice

The national boundaries created in Africa by the European powers can be described as:

  1. Artificial creations, ignoring ethnic & cultural differences

  2. neatly designed, to match the division of local people

  3. dictated by natural boundaries

  4. closely linked to traditional divisions

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Explanation

European powers drew borders at the Berlin Conference based on their own interests, completely disregarding existing ethnic, linguistic, and cultural boundaries in Africa.