GO TO NETSCAPE and click on OPEN.

Type in http://www.ems.psu.edu:80/~williams/world/africa.htm and click open.

Answer questions that follow about this site.

1. Concerning political facts, what are the three types of recurring trouble for these Subsaharan countries in Africa?

2. What were the three periods of penetration by Europeans? Explain and describe each.

3. Which nation-state was created where one did not exist before?

4. Which European country was one of the first to begin exploration, most notably to Africa?

5. According to Oliver Ransford, what percentage of white settlers died in their first year on the Guinea Coast?

6. How many survivors were there that remained of 1568 British soldiers? What was this attributed to?

7. What types of population declines were happening during European colonization in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

8. According to the author, is Africa really in a population explosion?

GO TO THE BEGINNING OF THE PAGE.

Click on the following countries and compare and contrast their climate, their population, their environmental problems, their type of government, and their economy.

E-mail all answers to dangood@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu