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What part did the slave trade play in helping Europeans take control of much of Africa in the 1800s?
Europeans were able to enslave the people they conquered.
The slave trade had weakened many African kingdoms.
Europeans insisted that Africans practice slavery.
The slave trade enriched the Europeans at this time.
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"The slave trade had weakened many African kingdoms."
Brief explanation: Centuries of slave raiding, warfare, and the capture/export of millions of people disrupted societies, depopulated regions, undermined political stability and economies, and increased rivalries between states. These effects made many African polities easier for European powers to dominate during the 1800s. The other choices are inaccurate or less relevant: Europeans did not generally enslave whole conquered African populations in the 1800s, they often relied on existing African slaving systems rather than insisting Africans practice slavery, and while the earlier slave trade did enrich some Europeans, the weakening of African societies is the key reason it facilitated later European conquest.
Brief explanation: Centuries of slave raiding, warfare, and the capture/export of millions of people disrupted societies, depopulated regions, undermined political stability and economies, and increased rivalries between states. These effects made many African polities easier for European powers to dominate during the 1800s. The other choices are inaccurate or less relevant: Europeans did not generally enslave whole conquered African populations in the 1800s, they often relied on existing African slaving systems rather than insisting Africans practice slavery, and while the earlier slave trade did enrich some Europeans, the weakening of African societies is the key reason it facilitated later European conquest.
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