Unit 12: Decolonization & A New World Order

YOU WILL NEED HEADPHONES/EAR BUDS for this ACTIVITY!

STEP 1- In Google Drive Open --> 4th Quarter --> Unit 12 --> CREATE a DOCUMENT

and name it African Independence

STEP 2- Complete & Answer questions below in your African Independence document on GOOGLE DRIVE.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN WATCH THIS CRASH COURSE ON FAMINE

Source 5: Website- Armed Conflict and Hunger

12. How does hunger cause conflict and war?

Source 6: Website- Satellite Image

13. Make Connections between war and poverty.

14. How do you think many African leaders spend government funds?

15. What does this do to the infrastructure of the nation?

16. What is the single biggest reason for lack of industrialization in these nations?

Source 7: Article- Famine in Africa

17. Which region of Africa has experienced wide spread famine over the last few years?

18. What nations are found in this region?

19. What can famine lead to?

Source 8: Vide0- China: The New Idol of Emerging Economies?

20. Why does China look economically (and possibly politically) attractive to African nations?

21. What do African nations seem more concerned about in the short term?

22. Why do you think most Sub-Saharan African Nations have not been very successful with democracy?

WHEN YOU FINISH WATCH THIS CRASH COURSE VIDEO ON WAR (PART 1)

WHEN YOU FINISH WATCH THIS CRASH COURSE VIDEO ON WAR (PART 2)

BIG IDEAS/QUESTIONS:

Explain how warfare has kept many Sub-Saharan African nations from industrializing.

Using examples from our study, explain the role famine plays in bringing about conflict and war in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Why do you think most Sub-Saharan African nations have not been very successful with democracy?

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