# data[].attributes.body
The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt. The canal is connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia. The canal is part of the Silk Road that connects Europe with Asia.

# data[].attributes.body
Africa is rich in resources, that's why everyone wants a piece of it (Berlin Conference). They have bountiful reserves of minerals and metals like gold, diamond, cobalt, bauxite, iron, ore, coal, and copper.

# data[].attributes.body
The Berlin Conference, also known as the Congo Conference, was a conference between a bunch of European leaders from 12 countries deciding how they are going to split up Africa. This was organized by Otto Von Bismark, Chancellor of Germany, and it was held from 1884-1885. They were discussing how they were going to split up Africa's territory when there were no Africans in the conference and only 2 of the attendees had ever stepped foot on the continent.

# data[].attributes.body
The Panama canal is an artificially made 82 km waterway in Panama. The main use of it was to cut through Panama instead of going around Africa. This was very influential because it cut the time it took for cargo ships to deliver goods to other countries. From 1914-1979 the US owned the canal till they gave joint ownership to the Panama Canal Commission. Then at noon on December 31, 1999 the US gave complete ownership to Panama.

# data[].attributes.body
The Indian National Congress is an Indian political party that was founded in 1885. The goal of the party was to pursue moderate reform under the British Raj in India. It was extremely influential in the 20th century Indian independence movement and dominated much of republic's early political scene.

# data[].attributes.body
Colonizer

# data[].attributes.body
Colonizer

# data[].attributes.body
Colonizer

# data[].attributes.body
One of 2 countries in Africa that was never colonized.

# data[].attributes.body
They were colonized by the British. The union of South Africa was created as a self-governing dominion of the British Empire on May 31 1910.

# data[].attributes.body
Colonized by King Leopold ll of Belgium and was taken over by Belgium after King Leopold in 1908.

# data[].attributes.body
They were colonized in 1882 by the British Empire. It was to protect their interests in the Suez Canal and maintain control over trade in the Middle East.

# data[].attributes.body
Colonizer

# data[].attributes.body
Colonizer

# data[].attributes.body
They were colonized by France during the 19th century and converted the country into a plantation country due to its rich resources.

# data[].attributes.body
Colonizer

# data[].attributes.body
Colonizer

# data[].attributes.body
Colonizer

# data[].attributes.body
They were colonized by Spain in 1668. The indigenous people population went from 100,000 to 5,000 by the 1700's. They then forced people from surrounding islands to repopulate it and kept them from escaping.

# data[].attributes.body
They were colonized by the United States in 1893. They controlled their sugar-based economy and used it as their main production of sugar cane. They then annexed the territory in 1898.

# data[].attributes.body
Colonized by Britain and Ireland from 1841-1907.

# data[].attributes.body
They were colonized by Britain because Britain needed settlements for convicts. The conditions of the prisons in Britain were being campaigned because the conditions were so poor.

# data[].attributes.body
Colonizer

# data[].attributes.body
They were first colonized by the Spanish in 1565. It was then a Spanish colony for the next 333 years till the Spanish-American war, when the Americans took it in the Treaty of Paris.

# data[].attributes.body
The British took over India due to the vast commercial and financial interests and opportunities within the region in 1757.

# data[].attributes.body
They were colonized by Spain in the early 16th century. Spain colonized a lot of South American countries because they were rich in natural resources.

# data[].attributes.body
They were colonized by Spain until the Spanish-American war. This then resulted to the United States colonizing it in 1898.

# data[].attributes.body
They were colonized by Spain, they were the Spanish's first colony in South America and had been for over 300 years.

# data[].attributes.body
Colonized by Spain from 1492-1898. Until the Spanish-American war, then the US took control and gave independence.