How did newly independent African nations respond to decolonization?
A) They allowed Europeans who wanted to, to remain in the country.
B) They did not change the European-imposed borders, even though these were problematic.
C) They made an effort to reestablish the tribal kingdoms that had been in place when the Europeans arrived.
D) They usually chose leaders who had never lived in Africa during the colonial era.
E) They tried to hold on to the multiparty, democratic systems inherited from the Europeans.
Question 2
Which statement is true of the Delhi sultanate in the 1200s?
A) lasted until conquered by the Mongols in the 1530s
B) were less than successful in forcing their Hindu subjects to convert to Islam
C) was established by a group operating out of a base in Iran
D) was headed by a powerful Hindu ruler of central India
E) found that the only thing they shared with their subjects was language, which could not overcome religious differences
African (above) and Asiatic (below) lions, as illustrated in Johnsons Book of Nature
African bush (savanna) elephant in Etosha National Park, Namibia.
Skin of an African (left) and Asian (right) elephant.
Giant African Earthworm
Deforestation in developing nations