Question

...as late as the 1870s, only 10% of the continent was under direct european control, with algeria held by france, the cape colony and natal (both in modern south africa) by britain, and angola by portugal. and yet by 1900, european nations had added almost 10 million square miles of africa—one - fifth of the land mass of the globe—to their overseas colonial possessions. europeans ruled more than 90% of the african continent....—saul david, “slavery and the ‘scramble for africa,’ ” bbc british history in depth q = which event most directly influenced the change referred to in this passage? a signing of the munich pact b outbreak of the boxer rebellion c meeting of the berlin conference d collapse of the ottoman empire

Explanation:

El pasaje describe la "Scramble for Africa" (carrera por África), donde las potencias europeas dividieron el continente. La Conferencia de Berlín (1884 - 1885) fue clave para regular la partición de África entre las naciones europeas, impulsando el cambio de control colonial mencionado. El Pacto de Múnich (1938) es sobre Checoslovaquia, la Rebelión de los Boxers (1900) es en China, y el colapso del Imperio Otomano es posterior. Así, la reunión de la Conferencia de Berlín es la que influyó directamente.

Answer:

b. meeting of the Berlin Conference