history homework?

Question

Which of the following is an accurate description of a problem faced by many newly independent African countries?
A)Ethnic groups competed for power.
B)Most people did not want independence.
C)African countries maintained close ties with European nations.
D)Diverse economies ended reliance on a single crop.

Answer 1

This is a trick question. The tricky part of the question is knowing that the keword here is "accurate".

The answer is undoubtedly -A-. Why?

Because if diverse economies end reliance on a single crop, this doesn't become a problem for them- it becomes a solution. The problem for some of the African nations was that they WERE relying on single crops or very few staples and because they were not developing resources they had (the nations which did otherwise found it beneficial). Because of this, many African nations fell behind while other countries used globalization to their advantage by developing resources they had and keeping up with trade.

Secondly, maintaining ties with European nations was not a problem facing African nations. The problem was deciding whcih nations to maintain ties with. These new governments needed to "develop foreign policies that would guide their relationships with other nation-states". The foreign policy they carried out (or the ties they held with other nations such as the Europeans) would be based on promoting their economic markets and their ideological beliefs (mainly Capitalism or Socialism).

Also, you can throw choice B right out the door because it is absurd. Any people who didn't want independence were a minority. I didn't include sources for this part because it is a waste of time.

The reason, Answer A is correct is because when the Europeans colonized Africa, they did so without respect to the ethnicity of the Africans there (of course, any colonizer or conqureor would not care about brining a large amount of varying ethnical groups under one control- that fact does not matter). SO when the de-colonization process began, and African countries gained independence- those countries and nations were each filled with various ethnical groups and sometimes. Thus, when the nation gained rulership over itself, it is obvious that some group of ethinicity would hold the majority of the power or in some case (like Nigeria), there would be a large divide. The fear of another ethnical group ruling being mroe stronger than the desire to unite Africa would lead to the competition and violence between the groups (which has often been exaggerated by European and other western nations).

Answer 2

A - most emergent African nations, when they became "independent" in the 1960's and 1970's, did not have diverse economies. The European countries that had controlled them were using them for singular economic purposes.

Answer 3

D)Diverse economies ended reliance on a single crop.

Answer 4

D)Diverse economies ended reliance on a single crop.

Answer 5

A.

D is a leftover from before most Independence's and has nothing to do with Independence as a rule. Basic economics.

Answer 6

1 - peasants 2 - Leap 3 - Nixon.

Answer 7

its A)Ethnic groups competed for power

Answer 8

I'll keep this as brief as possible,
D.

Answer 9

A