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Decolonization in Africa Answers

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The first African country to achieve independence was

A
Rwanda.
B
Kenya.
C
Nigeria.
D
Ghana.
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What is the most likely reason Europe did not invest in education in its African colonies?

A
African citizens were not interested in education.
B
European nations placed little value on education.
C
Educating people would slow industrial growth.
D
Educated citizens would be harder to control.
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A
authoritarian
B
democratic
C
Communist
D
military
4

European nations benefited from African colonies’

A
labor and resources.
B
industries and artisans.
C
established trade routes.
D
well-trained military.
5

Europeans ignored cultural divisions when setting colonial boundaries because

A
Europeans had no interest in or concern for African cultural divisions.
B
African cultural divisions were too complex for Europeans to understand.
C
respecting African cultural identity might negatively affect Africa’s economy.
D
African citizens did not have a strong sense of national or cultural identity.
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When military leaders and dictators ruled Nigeria, they sometimes tried to prevent unrest by

A
allowing peaceful, supervised political activity.
B
agreeing to small, incremental changes.
C
banning expressions of ethnic pride.
D
prohibiting all criticism of the government.
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What factors contributed to the military coup in Ghana?

A
corruption and economic problems
B
growth in the oil industry and election fraud
C
ethnic tensions and laws restricting political freedom
D
the Pan-African movement and the Mau Mau uprising
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The Rwandan genocide was a result of

A
an economic crisis resulting from corruption and failed crops.
B
ethnic tensions that had their roots in the period of Belgian rule.
C
election fraud that occurred soon after independence from Belgium.
D
conflict between two military leaders over control of the oil industry.
9

The economies of most African colonies were dependent on

A
industrial development.
B
one or two crops.
C
a strong middle class.
D
diverse farmlands.
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What can one conclude about the link between falling cacao crop prices and rising economic problems in Ghana?

A
People stopped buying cacao when the economy faltered.
B
Economic problems led Ghana’s farmers to cut their cacao prices.
C
The country was too dependent on exports of its cacao crop.
D
Ghana grew cacao more economically when the economy slowed.

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