The Berlin Congress met in which year?
- 1856
- 1875
- 1884
- 1878
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Correct answer: D. 1878
1. The Congress was called to settle the crisis in south-eastern Europe.
2. It followed the Balkan crisis of 1875 to 1878 and the Russo-Turkish war of 1877 to 1878.
3. It met in 1878, redrawing the map left unsatisfactory by the treaty of Paris of 1856.
4. The British Prime Minister Disraeli played a leading part in its proceedings.
5. This Berlin Congress of 1878 is a different meeting from the Berlin Conference that partitioned Africa.
_Source: NECTA ACSEE 2023 History 112/2, Question 4: Imperialism and Territorial Division of the World_