ACTIVITY 5: Changes in Borders

Reread the section on European colonization in sub-Saharan Africa. Analyze the historical source map of Africa in 1888 which illustrates the territories controlled by the various European powers. Compare the 1888 with a current map of sub-Saharan Africa from an atlas or the internet.

Write the correct answers.

1) How does the information on the two maps differ?

2) What can you infer from the maps regarding who is responsible for determining Africa’s political borders?

3) What possible political problems have occurred from the current political borders? (You might want to use the internet, or other sources to answer this question.)