West & Central Africa History and Political Change

Works to improve trade within Western Africa and with countries outside of the region.

• coup d'etat

• ECOWAS

• OAU

• mediate

Promote unity of all African nations by exploring ways they can work together and trying to find peaceful solutions to conflicts between the African nations.

• ECOWAS

• coup d'etat

• Mediate

• Organization of African Unity (OAU)

An overthrow of a government by force.

• Coup d'etat

• OAU

• Mediate

• ECOWAS

To help find peaceful solutions.

• Coup d'etat

• OAU

• Mediate

• ECOWAS

Check all that describes the DEMOCRATIC OF THE CONGO.

• Was orginally called Zaire.

• Mobutu ruled as a dictator.

• Civil War began in 1994.

• Became the first independent country in Africa South of the Sahara.

• Took its name from a great ancient African empire.

Check all that apply to the history of Ghana.

• Became the first independent country in Africa South of the Sahara.

• Was the former Belgian Congo.

• Was a British colony of Gold Coast Africa.

• Was once called Zaire.

• Once Military ruler Nkrumah sent his opponents to prison.

How did Kwame Nkrumah help improve the economy of Ghana?

• He built a new seaport.

• He was kind to his opponents who were business men.

• He built new roads.

• He built new railroads.

What did Jerry John Rawlings do for Ghana?

• Made Ghana more democratic.

• He built a seaport, new roads, and new railroads.

• He and the President of the United States became good friends?

• He helped make the national soccer team a world power.

When Europeans divided Africa, what did they ignore that lead to a lack of ethnic and regional unity?

• The marriage traditions of the African people.

• Trade agreements between West and Southern Africa.

• Traditional borders between the ethnic groups.

• The African people love and respect for nature.

When European nations divided the African continent in the late 1980's what was their primary goal?

• Creating new nations.

• Controlling Africa's rich resources.

• To help alleviate hunger and the lack of fresh water in Africa.

• To help create African vacation resorts for all the people of Europe to come visit.