WAEC Government 2017 Objective — Question 42

Question 42 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Government 2017 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

42. Colonial administration in West Africa was as a result of

A. A. a need for a new environment
B. B. the desire to underdeveloped West Africa
C. C. a need for raw materials and marketsCorrect
D. D. the urge to introduce western education

Explanation

The search for raw material for European industries as well as markets for the finished products produced in those industries were responsible for colonialism.

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