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Ghanaian History Flashcards

1
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What year did the Portuguese first arrive on the coast of Guinea?

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1471

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2
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What year was Elmina Fortress built by the Portuguese?

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1482

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3
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What year did the Danish build the fort “Christiansborg”?

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1661

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4
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What year did Denmark end the “trade with Negroes”?

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1792 (effective 1803)

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5
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What year did the British ban on slave trade from the Gold Coast take effect?

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1807

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6
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What year did Osei Bonsu ascend to the Asante throne?

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1800

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7
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What year was the first Anglo-Asante war?

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1824

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8
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What year was slavery abolished in all British colonies?

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1833

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9
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What year did Denmark abolish slavery in all its territories?

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1848

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10
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What year did Britain purchase Danish forts on the Gold Coast?

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1850

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11
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What year did the British proclaim the Gold Coast a crown colony?

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1874

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12
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What year did Accra become the capital of the Gold Coast colony?

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1877

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13
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What years mark the Berlin Conference?

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1884-1885

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14
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What year did Britain control the Asante Kingdom?

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1896

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15
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What year was the Golden Stool demanded by Governor Hodgson, sparking conflict?

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1900

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16
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What year did the Asante Kingdom surrender to Britain?

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1902

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17
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What year was Kwame Nkrumah born?

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1909

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18
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What year did the first legislative elections occur in the Gold Coast?

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1925

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19
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What year was the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) founded?

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1947

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20
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What year did the Accra riots occur, leading to multiple deaths?

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1948

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21
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What year did Kwame Nkrumah form the Convention People’s Party (CPP)?

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1949

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22
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What year did the CPP win the Gold Coast’s first legislative elections?

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1951

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23
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What year did Ghana gain independence?

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1957

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24
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What year did Ghana become a republic?

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1960

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25
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What year did Nkrumah declare Ghana a one-party state?

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1964

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26
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What year was Nkrumah overthrown in a coup?

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1966

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27
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What year was Ghana’s Second Republic established?

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1969

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28
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What year did Kwame Nkrumah die in Guinea?

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1972

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29
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What year did the “Supreme Military Council” form in Ghana?

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1975

30
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What year was Jerry Rawlings’ first coup attempt?

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1979

31
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What year did Jerry Rawlings successfully carry out a coup?

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1979

32
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What year did Dr. Hilla Limann become Ghana’s president?

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1979

33
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What year did Rawlings seize power a second time?

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1981

34
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What year was Ghana’s National Commission for Democracy formed?

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1990

35
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What year marked the inauguration of Ghana’s Fourth Republic?

A

1993

36
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What year did Kofi Annan become UN Secretary-General?

A

1997

37
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What year did the deadly stampede at Accra Sports Stadium occur?

A

2001

38
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What year did Ghana celebrate 50 years of independence?

A

2007

39
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What year did offshore oil production begin in Ghana?

A

2010

40
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What year did Nana Akufo-Addo win the presidential election?

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2016

41
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What year was free Senior High School introduced in Ghana?

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2017

42
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What year did the Danes arrive on the Gold Coast

A

1642

43
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Who became Ghana’s first female Chief Justice, and in what year?

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Georgina Theodora Wood in 2007

44
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Who won Ghana’s first democratic presidential election in 1992?

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Jerry John Rawlings

45
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When did Ghana become a republic

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July 1, 1960

46
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When was the first decomcratic presidential election held?

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1992

47
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In what year was Kwame Nkrumah overthrown

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1966

48
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In which year did Ghana discover offshore oil

A

2007

49
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On what date did Ghana gain its independence from Britain, becoming the first African nation to do so?

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March 6, 1957

50
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In what year did the Dutch establish Fort Nassau as their first fort on the Gold Coast?

A

1612

51
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Who was the influential leader of the Ashanti Empire during the first Anglo-Ashanti War in 1824?

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King Osei Bonsu

52
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In which year did the Dutch withdraw from the Gold Coast, ceding their territories to the British?

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1872

53
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Which year was the Katamnso War fought?

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1826

54
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When did captain George Maclean arrive in the Gold Coast?

A

1830

55
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What date and month was the Bond of 1844 signed?

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6th March 1844

56
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When was the McLean Treaty signed between the British and the Fante chiefs?

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1831

57
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Who is credited with bringing cocoa to Ghana?

A

Tetteh Quarshie

58
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From which country did Tetteh Quarshie bring cocoa to Ghana?

A

Fernando Po (now Bioko, Equatorial Guinea)

59
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In what year did Tetteh Quarshie bring cocoa to Ghana?

A

1879

60
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What was Tetteh Quarshie’s profession?

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Blacksmith

61
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Where did Tetteh Quarshie first plant cocoa in Ghana?

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Mampong, in the Eastern Region

62
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When was Tetteh Quarshie born and when did he die?

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1842 - 1892

63
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Where is the Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm located?

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Mampong-Akwapim, Eastern Region

64
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Who is the father of Cocoa in Ghana

A

Tetteh Quarshie

65
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What is the name of the main hospital in Ghana named after Tetteh Quarshie?

A

Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital

66
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When was the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital inaugurated?

A

1952

67
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When was Tetteh Quarshie’s cocoa farm replanted to preserve it as a historic site?

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1960

68
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Who built the Akosombo Dam

A

Gordon Guggisberg

68
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Who was the British colonial governor of the Gold Coast between 1919 and 1927?

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Sir Gordon Guggisberg

69
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When did construction of the Akosombo Dam begin

A

1965

70
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When was the Akosombo Dam finally built

A

1966

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