Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

In the film "Mountains of the Moon" European explorers went on a quest to find the source of the Nile River. The Europeans faced many hardships approaching Africa, such as ambushes by African tribes. Also many of the explorers men died from malaria and from exhaustion, many escaped and abandon their fellow group. Some never even made it out of the Sahara Desert. It is strange that the source of the Nile River Lake Victoria also known as the third largest lake in the world is named after a British Queen because the lake isnt located in Europe or even England. Its located in Africa, this is because the European explorers who found it named it after their Queen. The primary technological advantage the Europeans had over Africa was their weaponry such as guns while the Afrian people didnt. Europeans were eventually able to conquer Africa so easily because they eventually went around Africa and invaded through the south with machine guns.