How did the european redrawing of territorial boundaries according to western colonial needs affect africans? a. it aided in the equal division of natural resources. b. it caused internal problems because it disregarded tribal, language, and religious differences. c. it strengthened the power of african kingdoms that were already in the majority. d. it left a legacy of democratic and republican ideals throughout the continent.

The correct answer is B. The European redrawing of territorial boundaries affected Africans by causing internal problems as it disregarded tribal, language, and religious differences.

Explanation:

The distribution of Africa by the Western powers was defined in the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, through which European countries with colonialist intentions (Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal and the Ottoman Empire) resolved their differences regarding the demarcation of their colonies, organizing the division of the territory in a peaceful manner among these nations.

But this demarcation, trying to avoid conflicts between Europeans, produced an internal collapse in the African populations, because it included enemy tribes in the same territory (for example, Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda, at that time granted to Belgium), or dividing a tribe between different countries. This situation led to different conflicts that arose after African independence in the twentieth century, for example, the Rwandan Genocide.

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