Africa's Borders and Cultures
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Social Studies
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6th - 8th Grade
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Hard
Jamie DeLeeuw
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6 Slides • 2 Questions
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European powers created new colonial borders that ignored the exisiting borders of traditional African cultures.
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-About 2/3 of African's live in rural villages
-Varied customs and languages
-About 1000 languages spoken
Africa's Culture Today
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About how many different languages are spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa today?
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Before European influence, borders between cultural groups were often formed by natural physical features or conflicts between groups.
The Impact of Colonialism
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When Europeans arrived they ignored the cultural boundaries and created boundary lines that met their own resource needs. Many groups were divided or forced to share territory with rivals.
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Multiple Choice
How did Europeans decide where to put the borders of their colonies?
They used Africa's natural features, such as rivers.
They divided Africa to meet their own resource needs.
They asked Africans to identify their cultural borders.
They researched the borders of ancient African empires.
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Once countries gained independence, they kept the colonial borders. The conflicts between the different cultures sharing territory have led to many civil wars.
Civil Wars
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European powers created new colonial borders that ignored the exisiting borders of traditional African cultures.
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