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Africa was imperialized by several different countries. It was no until 1960 that most countries were independent. The countries who owned the most were European. Europe had to many powerful countries to imperialize. This is why they chose Africa. Africa was weak. Europe imperialized Africa and took many as slaves. Most countries gained independence in 1960. Europe imperializing Africa did help Africa gain shape and borders. Before Africa was more of just an area. Europe helped shape Africa.

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Rwanda

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Belgium
1959
Presidential republic
Hutu, Tutsi
12,187,400
low
$24.68 billion
$2,100

semi arid
compact

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Sudan

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England
1956
presidential republic
includes the percent of total population.

unspecified Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%)
43,120,843
low
$45.82 billion
$4,300
terrorism
semi arid
compact

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You will have 15 of these boxes. This is the box that you will have have to complete for each country.  You may go ahead and copy the bullets below to use as a guide for your research.

*who colonized
*Independence date
*Type of government
*ethnic groups with percentage (largest 2)
*religion with percentage (largest 2)
*Population – total AND population growth (not a number, but are they shrinking, staying about the same, growing slowly, or growing rapidly)
*GDP (how much the whole country makes)  AND GDP per capita (how much each person makes)
*Economic sectors - include the type and %
*1 Challenge facing the country (be specific, needs to be a major challenge)
*Country Shape -  Landlocked, Fragmented, Exclave, Compact, Elongated, Perforated, Enclave, or Prorupted
*Climate - be specific - Tropical, Savanna, Dessert, Steppe, Humid Subtropical, Marine West Coast, etc
*A Picture: Picture should characterise the “Place” theme of your country.  This means the picture should focus on human or physical aspects that represent your country  ***can’t be a flag or a map
*A map of Africa with the country colored in

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Kenya Map

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1975
Portugal
democratic republic
Makonde portuguese
mozambicans
christian
12.33 million
industry 23% services 52.8%
environmental
elongated
tropical

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may 31 1910
no name provided for colonization
parliamentary republic
coloureds zulu
christianity
349 billion
agri/fishing 33.6%
education
compact
subtropical

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* Mali was colonized by France
* Mali gained its independence in 1960
* Democracy
* Bambara and Fulani are the largest ethnic groups in Mali
* Islam and Christian are the largest religions
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South Africa

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independence day and year February 4, 1961 – 1974
Paulo Dias de Novais
presidential republic
ethnic groups Ovimbundu kongo people
christianity
124.2 billion gdp
sectors oil 50% diamonds 5%
deforestation
landlocked
semi arid

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Jomo KENYATTA
1963
de facto one-party state
Kikuyu 17.2%, Luhya 13.8%
48,397,527
low
$163.7 billion
$3,500
terrorism
Compact
subtropical

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Kenya
Sudan
Rwanda

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its a Padlet

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* Colonized by France
* Gained independence in 1960
* Democracy
* Hausa and igbo are the largest ethnic groups
* Muslim and Christian are the largest religions
* Nigeria is projected to go from a population of 186 million in 2016 to 356 million in 2050 which would make t the 4th most populous country in the world
* GDP of $376.4 billion
* GPD per capita is $5,900
* Nigeria has a low life expectancy from 57-60 years, this is due to the high infant mortality rate and the high rate of people infected with stds
* Nigeria is a compact shaped country
* Equatorial climate and south and tropical in central and North

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Egypt
Libya
Morocco

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Nigeria
Mali
Mauritania

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Angola Mozambique South Africa

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Chad
Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo