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European colonisation of Africa was driven principally by which combination of resources cited in the text?
AWheat and rice surpluses
BPetroleum and natural gas as per the chapter per the textbook
CDiamonds, gold, copper, fertile land, timber and forests
DIron and limestone only
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Diamonds, gold, copper, fertile land, timber and forests
1. The 'You would like to know this' box gives Africa's resource pull factors.
2. It explicitly lists 'diamonds, gold, copper as well as fertile land, timber and forests'.
3. The continent's resource wealth attracted European colonial powers.
4. Slave trade also intensified to supply cheap labour back in Europe.
_Source: Maharashtra Balbharati Std XII History, Ch 1 "Renaissance in Europe and Development of Science", §1.5 ¶4_