Developent Of Ghana

Question 1

Describe Savanna

Answer 1

Tall Grass, Acacia Trees, Baobab Trees. Can nearly b as hot as the Rainforest one rainy season per year. The further north you get the drier it is

Question 2

Describe Coastal Savanna

Answer 2

Tall Grass, Thick leaved shrubs, Baobab Trees. Quite hot all year round 2 rainy seasons per year.

Question 3

Describe Tropical Rainforest

Answer 3

Ghana had a lot of Rainforest but only a 1/4 is left due to loggers, farmers. hot all year round 2m of rain

Question 4

Do more people live in the countryside in the UK Than Ghana

Answer 4

No.

Question 5

What is there main income in Ghana?

Answer 5

agriculture

Question 6

Where is Coastal Savanna, Savanna and tropical rainforest. And all other features e.g countries

Answer 6

The river is River Volta and the bordering countries are Togo, Burkino Faso, Ivory Coast ( Cote D’Ivoire)

Question 7

Name 5 Natural resources that Ghana has

Answer 7

Timber,Gold,Bauxite ore, diamonds, Manganease ore, Oil, Cocoa=chocolate, River Volta= Fish

Question 8

3 Reasons Why Ghana Is a LEDC

Answer 8

• Little money from agriculture goes to Ghana it goes to TNCs
• Based on low value agricultural products and they import high value machinery
• Not enough money for factories etc. To uses resources
• Rapidly growing population, young children dont go to school due to fetching water and looking after animals for the family.

Question 9

What offered the most potential to earn money in Ghana and what did they need to earn this money?

Answer 9

Bauxite Ore & lots of electricity

Question 10

What was built to create electricity for the bauxite ore?

Answer 10

Akosombo dam which provided HEP ( Hydro-electric Power)

Question 11

What were some of the advantages of building the Akosombo dam?

Answer 11

• Provide cheap electricty for 50 years
• Hurry up the development of factories,schools,hostpitals,roads
• Production of Aluminium will provide more jobs for the people of Ghana
• Aluminium will provide money for Ghana
• Electricity will help businesses=$ for Ghana

Question 12

What were some of the disadvantages of the Akosombo Dam?

Answer 12

• They had to move 80,000 people from there homes
• they drowned 4% of Ghana
• Have to get rid of part of the land to build the aluminium factory and the railway to transport it
• The local people will be irritated by the noice of the machine

Question 13

Who did Ghana get the loans off to build the Damn?

Answer 13

The world bank, USA & the UK

Question 14

What happened when the dam was built?

Answer 14

• Importing alumina from Jamaica
• No tax on aluminium when bought & sold
• Valco had to use less electricity due to droughts
• More people used it for fishing
• Rural villages still had to use firewood
• businesses had to pay alot more for electricity than valco