Chapter 22 homework

Chapter 22, Section 1


1.The continue practice of cash-crop production has created problems for African economies: Reliance on one or two export crops is extremely risky. An unfavorable growing season or a drop in prices on the world market can have disastrous effect on a country’s economy. Cash-crop production also creates problems for framers truing to meet their own food needs because plantations and other large-scale farms take all the best land.


2. Nigeria plans to link all parts of its railroad system. Uganda is scheduling repairs on the heavily traveled Trans-African Highway. New satellite technology will improve the reach of television.


Creative Writing:
Africa south of the Sahara is the poorest region in the world and owes billions of dollars in debt to foreign countries. Carrying such enormous debt makes economic development difficult. The region has long relied on radio, with state-run stations providing global programming. Television reaches fewer people because the land relay systems for transmitting TV signals are very costly outside urban areas. Telephone service is also limited. Low literacy rates limit the use of traditional media.

Chapter 22, Section 2


1. Drought and human activities, such as wars, contribute to food shortages. As the climate has become drier and as people and animals have stripped the Sahel of its vegetation, the desert has crept father south.


2. Democratic reforms are taking root in countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, and Liberia. Efforts to encourage private enterprise have also had positive results. New ranching laws have allowed people to engage in crocodile farming, a highly profitable business that has brought this species back from low numbers due to trapping and hunting.


Creative Writing:
The protection of tropical forests is a priority in the region. As the climate has become drier and as people and animals have stripped the Sahel of its vegetation, the desert has crept father south. With the protection of the forests, vegetation should increase reducing desertification and allowing animals to multiply.