SHS History · Year 2
Social and Economic Effects of Colonial Rule in Ghana practice questions
The effects of European presence on health care, education, housing and architecture, transport and communication, agriculture (cash crops), mining and the financial/banking sector, Governor Guggisberg's economic development policies, the structural economic problems of colonial rule, and the Ghanaian entrepreneurs who emerged from European trade.
34 questions in this topic: 9 recall, 22 applying skills and concepts, 2 strategic thinking and 1 extended thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.
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- Question 1Skills & concepts
The colonial administration's practice of developing only areas with economic potential for exploitation, while neglecting others such as the Northern Territories, is described in the Learner Material as
- aselective/underdevelopment
- bthe Legitimate Trade policy
- cthe Assiento system
- dIndirect Rule
- Question 2Skills & concepts
Although the rationale behind colonial transport and communication development was to exploit the colony's natural resources, the Learner Material notes that these networks also
- ahad no effect on the lives of indigenous Ghanaians
- bwere used exclusively by European officials
- creplaced all indigenous forms of trade
- dnonetheless improved the lives of indigenous Ghanaians by easing mobility
- Question 3Skills & concepts
The Learner Material identifies three main motives behind the colonial government's social development programmes: economic, political and
- aideological
- bscientific
- cmilitary
- dreligious
- Question 4Skills & concepts
Diamonds were first discovered in Ghana in 1919 along the Birim River, in an area northwest of
- aAkwatia
- bPrestea
- cTarkwa
- dObuasi
- Question 5Recall
Tetteh Quarshie and his brother, natives of Labadi who had been working as goldsmiths on the island of Fernando Po, are credited with successfully cultivating which cash crop at Akuapem Mampong in 1879?
- aCocoa
- bRubber
- cKola nut
- dCoffee
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