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Early African History
1. What was the slave trade and how did it affect Africa?
-who would they ideally take - think about the age and sex of people slave traders would want and how that would affect Africa.
-how would the demand for slavery create a potential for more war / tribes would be encouraged to gather people for the slave traders
-look up statistics and more info in your book or wikipedia
2. How did the European colonialism affect Africa?
-use your text - look up Berlin conference and think about the core-periphery model
3. Describe the tribal and chiefdom levels
-tribal and chiefdom are less developed than state level. They have a higher percentage of farmers / tend to be one ethnicity and hate outsiders / have less social stratification and less developed in terms of technology and their government types
4. How does the core-periphery model relate to the African colonialism?
the core periphery model is about trade and the core areas which are developed and those areas that are not developed providing raw materials and basic jobs for the core areas
5. How many differing tribes and languages in Nigeria today?
-research it
6. How does the GGS theory relate to Africa?

-think about how the Sahara desert and the north - south axis of Africa would affect its ability to develop - note that Africa did not develop farming to a high level until the Europeans invaded.