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Tazate

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The most persistent problem in Africa's political geography is the low literacy levels across the continent.
 a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Language death is more common than you might expect; in fact, half of the worlds nearly 7,000 languages are predicted to die or become extinct this century.
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

False
RATIONALE: One of the persistent problems in Africa's political geography is that many modern national boundaries do not correspond to indigenous political or ethnic boundaries. In most cases, this is another legacy of colonialism: occupying powers created arbitrary administrative units that were transformed into countries as the colonial powers withdrew.

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