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WorksheetsWest & Central Africa History and Political Change
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 51mins
Works to improve trade within Western Africa and with countries outside of the region.
coup d'etat
ECOWAS
OAU
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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.
Do you think the Power of a Ruler or President should be limited even if MOST people in that country feels he/she is kind and fair to everyone, and is doing a great job?
Yes
No
In some cases
In most cases
