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Africa Cultural and Political Boundaries

Source 1

MAP 1: AFRICA, POLITICAL BOUNDARIES IN 1890

Source 2

MAP 2: LARGER CULTURE GROUPS IN WEST AFRICA

Question 1

Short answer

Describe the type of political boundaries shown in Map 1.

Question 2

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Describe ONE way that the European colonial boundaries shown in Map 1 differ from the African cultural boundaries shown in Map 2.

Question 3

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Explain ONE political outcome for present-day Africans as a result of the European colonial boundaries.

Question 4

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Describe ONE way that European colonization of Africa reflected the concept of ethnocentrism.

Question 5

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Explain ONE way that the political boundaries shown in Map 1 illustrate a European colonial emphasis on resource extraction.

Question 6

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Explain the degree to which colonization affected the languages spoken in present-day Africa.

Question 7

Short answer

Explain a possible limitation of using Map 2 to understand the geography of religion in present-day Africa.

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