Ghana

Question 1

Why is Ghana hotter than the UK?

Answer 1

It is closer to the equator

Question 2

Where is Ghana?

Answer 2

Close to the equator, slightly above, in the West of Africa, borders the Atlantic on the South, borders Côte d’Ivoire on the West, Togo on the East, Burkina Faso on the North

Question 3

What does desertification mean?

Answer 3

An area is losing vegetation until it eventually runs out

Question 4

Is Ghana a HIC, LIC or NEE

Answer 4

LIC

Question 5

What does HIC mean?

Answer 5

Highly industrialised country

Question 6

What does LIC mean?

Answer 6

Lowly industrialised country

Question 7

What does NEE mean?

Answer 7

Newly emerging economy

Question 8

What does deforestation mean?

Answer 8

Clearance of forested land to use for non-forest reasons like agriculture or animal grazing

Question 9

Where do people live in Ghana?

Answer 9

Rural areas

Question 10

What jobs do people do in Ghana?

Answer 10

Mostly farming, a quarter in services

Question 11

Where is Accra?

Answer 11

The capital is in the far South, slightly to the East

Question 12

Where is Mole National Park?

Answer 12

North West, directly above the southernmost tip and techiman

Question 13

Ghana’s history part 1

Answer 13

In 1471, Portuguese arrived and traded with tribes, guns, knives, cloth for gold

Question 14

Ghana’s history part 2

Answer 14

European countries rushed to Ghana for gold during the gold rush

Question 15

Ghana’s history part 3

Answer 15

English began taking Ghanaians as slaves

Question 16

Ghana’s history part 4

Answer 16

100,000 slaves taken, African slaves fought and sold each other for money and goods

Question 17

Ghana’s history part 5

Answer 17

Ghana was slowly taken over and became a British colony by 1901

Question 18

Ghana’s history part 6

Answer 18

British took many goods like chocolate, timber, coal, diamonds, gold and ivory and payed the Ghanaians very little

Question 19

Ghana’s history part 7

Answer 19

British put the Ghanaians to work chopping down trees and mining whilst paying little and building few amenities like schools or railways

Question 20

Ghana’s history part 8

Answer 20

In 1957 Ghana gained independence but had little money, medicine or education