Question

. How do you think a desire for gold influenced Europeans' decisions during the scramble for Africa?

Answer 1

Answer: It led European monarchies to colonize African regions; with their interest fixed on African regions where gold was produced.

Explanation:

The scramble for Africa was the occupying and colonizing of African territories by the European monarchies from 1881 to 1914.

The desire for gold influenced decision making of the Europeans during the tussle for Africa. During this period, the areas in Africa where gold was produced where the main focus of the European monarchies. The european countries that could not lay claim to the interior gold producing regions where certain that they got the exterior gold producing regions.