Lesson 11

Question 1

How did Africa become independent? (3)

Answer 1

Inherited new nation states.
Created border disputes
Established national identities

Question 2

An example of a new interdependent state in Africa?

Answer 2

Democratic republic of Congo

Question 3

What are the economic costs of the Democratic republic of Congo? (2)

Answer 3

GDP $435

political mismanagement effected development opportunities

Question 4

What are the environmental costs of the Democratic republic of Congo? (3)

Answer 4

1990s conflict loss of farmland.
Refugee camps
poor sanitation - disease spread

Question 5

What are the human costs of the Democratic republic of Congo? (4)

Answer 5

One of the worlds lowest HDI scores 179th
49 life expectancy
Loss of services
food security low

Question 6

What are the Geopolitical costs of the Democratic republic of Congo? (3)

Answer 6

colonised by Belgium
Trying to build stability
World Bank $8 billion loan

Question 7

What factors are influencing change in the Democratic republic of Congo? (3)

Answer 7

Raw materials
Western stance
Debt

Question 8

What happened in post colonial Vietnam? (5)

Answer 8

Annexed by France as colony
Taken over by Japan in WW2
France lost colony
Communist campaigned
Economy disrupted and starvation