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Since Ethiopia was able to fend off European imperialism, what were they doing differently compared to other African nations at the time? - Jack

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Given India’s high importance to Britain, how much would the crown be willing to sacrifice in order to keep control of it. -Elillan

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The United States was founded as and intended to be a democratic republic, not an empire. How then should we understand their hold on the Phillipines at the time of this map? - Jack

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how come india, despite being so close to many world powers, was taken by Britain which would be pretty far compared to the others and seeing how rich of resources it had why had it not had many notable attempts of getting taken? Evan

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How did Costa Rica avoid US influence, even when all its neighbouring countries failed? - Serena

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What caused the Caribbean to still be under the influence of the United States around that time? - Angelina

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How did Costa Rica manage to not be under the influence of the United States? - Angelina

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Why did The Netherlands, France and Germany all own New Guinea? - Brooke

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What is the difference between US possession and US influence in certain countries?
And why did the US just influence them not own them? -Brooke

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Why did the Spanish have so little land in Africa? Were the Spanish not allowed to have too much land during the division of Africa? - Alexis

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did England primarily use India as a trading port/pit stop for longer journeys?  why was India at the center of all trade routes?
Izzy

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Are trading agreements and how we trade with other countries similar to how it was done? ~Lauren

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As most of it’s neighbours were colonized by very powerful nations, how did Ethiopia stay uncolonized in the rush to colonize and control Africa-Elillan

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Why did Europeans choose to colonize central Africa since it is less accessible and non-water-bordering regions tend to have fewer resources and people? -Jay

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How did the Taiping Rebellion affect trade? - Kaitlin

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How was Manchuria occupied by the both Russia and Japan in 1905? -Shayna

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Why was there so much unlabelled land in this map? Was Africa not fully divided during this time? - Alexis

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Why was there a part in the middle of Africa that was labelled but the parts around it were unlabelled? Wouldn't it make more sense for only land on the coast to be labelled?

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How were land negotiations made between European countries? What sorts of conflicts were caused by this? -Jay

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How did they agree on the modern version of how Africa is divided into separate countries? -Shayna

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why were there so much unmarked lands in africa during 1880? was it because a lack in resources there or livable conditions and did the technological improvements help them claim the rest of the land later in 1914?

Evan

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Did Britain use India as basically just a trading port? Because other european imperialist nations had colonies right next to them which might make trading easier. -Shayna

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Was there any competition, conflict, or tension between the British, Dutch, and French in the colonization of Guana? Did raw materials such as fishing and timber differ from each other in different areas and were certain species valued more than others? - Serena

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Were India and Great Britain ever involved in the trade of cotton with one another at any point in time? - kaitlin

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Were the Independent States of Africa less "modern" with them being set apart from the European domain? - Reecha

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What exactly did Korea do during the divison of China?
- Reecha

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Why was only half of New Guinea captured by the Netherlands and the other half by Germany? - Stefan

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why was Hong Kong under the influence of Britain but the rest of the south China area under the influence of the French? Evan