Africa Blog post

Geographic challenges and resources have shaped Africa history a lot because Africa has lots of unique resources and geographic elements. African culture is affected by its resources because in Africa there is many different minerals such as diamonds, uranium, gold, and cobalt. Foreigners came to Africa to mine the minerals and make money and therefore Africa made no money off of its resources. Geography has shaped African history also because 80% of Africa is within the tropical zone which greatly affects its climate. The climate affects the vegetation and because of that Africa is a big exporter of crops changing culture and bringing money into Africa. 1/5 of Africa is forests so Africans can export lots of wood and get money but because of this deforestation is a problem. The steady food source in Africa caused populations to grow and prosper. In the great Rift Valley there is good soil and better farming. All good things in Africa improved strong culture and all bad things strengthened culture.

Africa has a lot of problems mostly because of the slave trade. During the slave trade people were taken from Africa and made to work for people in foreign countries. The strongest African people were picked to be slaves and that left the African community weak but they still survived. The slave trade led t Africans turning on one another which led to distrusting countries and war. Africans were given access to guns in exchange for slaves and because Africans had guns it made the wars worse. War with the foreign countries broke because the foreign countries were taking the African people against their will. Usually the foreign countries were stronger than the Africans and that wasn't good for Africa because int he wars they were defeated. Small civilizations in Africa disappeared because of foreigners moving in. African culture changed a lot. Money was introduced and the trade system died out. Cities were more common because of foreigners style. Africans needed money so they grew cash crops which weren't good because they weren't a good diet and people only grew them because they could sell them. The African culture changed a lot because of foreigner influence but still had its individuality.

Africa has impacted many countries in the world for lots of reasons. One way is the slave trade, Africa traded slaves with the us and other countries and made the world think less of Africa. Minerals from Africa made foreign countries more wealthy because foreign countries owned mineral companies in Africa. People from Europe moved to Africa and created cities. Africa's culture has impacted many countries that involved in the slave trade because wherever the Africans went they brought their culture with them. Even though African slaves were bad they helped productivity on foreign countries. In America slaves helped build and improve the country even though they were mistreated. Africans didn't impact the world as much as other countries but