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Germany made New Guinea a Protectorate to protect trade and gain natural reasources.
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Germany claimed Southwest Africa to compete with Great Britain and France as world powers.
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Cameroon became a colony of Germany because Germany believed that making another country your colony was a major step in becoming a world power.
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Belgium claims Congo after the Berlin Conference
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Italy has to compete with France and England, so they grap the costal African area of Eritrea.
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After Germany invades Belgium, Belgium retaliates by claiming Rwanda from Germany.