Decolonization in Africa

Question 1

What can one conclude about the link between falling cacao crop prices and rising economic problems in Ghana?

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The country was too dependent on exports of its cacao crop.

Question 2

What was the purpose of pan-Africanism?

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to unite people of African descent around the world

Question 3

What was a major contributor to unrest in Nigeria?

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its many ethnicities and religions

Question 4

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democratic

Question 5

The large number of casualties in the Nigerian civil war can be attributed to

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the many different factions at war with one another.

Question 6

What was the first step in Ghana’s independence?

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Africans gained a majority in the parliament.

Question 7

Why did corruption increase when opposition political parties were banned in Ghana?

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Nkrumah’s government held too much power, and officials could do whatever they wanted.

Question 8

The first African country to achieve independence was

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Ghana.

Question 9

European nations benefited from African colonies’

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labor and resources.

Question 10

When military leaders and dictators ruled Nigeria, they sometimes tried to prevent unrest by

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prohibiting all criticism of the government.

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