HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Coastal towns, such as Elmina and Cape Coast, emerged as independent states.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gold Coast (now Ghana) was occupied by European settlers from 1600. The last Dutch settlements were ceded to the British in 1872, bringing the colony under British control and it was administered as a separate colony from Sierra Leone from 1874.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Europeans came to the Gold Coast to trade with the people who lived there. When the Portuguese reached the Gold Coast in 1471, they found so much gold in the riverbeds and streams that they called the Gold Coast ‘El Mina’, meaning ‘The mine’.
Detailed explanation-4: -Prior to independence on March 6, 1957, Ghana was called the Gold Coast. The earliest Europeans to set foot on the land were the Portuguese in the 15th century (1471). On their arrival, they found so much gold between the rivers Ankobra and the Volta that they named the area “da Mina”, meaning “The Mine”.
Detailed explanation-5: -By 1956, British Togoland, the Ashanti protectorate, and the Fante protectorate were merged with the Gold Coast to create one colony, which became known as the Gold Coast. The Ghana Independence Act 1957 constituted the Gold Coast Crown Colony as part of the new dominion of Ghana.