1) What were some early civilizations in East Africa? Why were these civilizations important?
The Askum , and they established a big trading empire in Eastern Africa
2) What happened at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
14 European nations that divided Africa into colnies
3) What African countries managed to remain free of European control?
Liberia and Ethipoia
4) How did colonialism cause conflicts in East Africa after independence?
the borders made by Europeans combined ethnic groups that don't like each other
5) How did Ethiopia manage to defeat Italy in 1896?
With weapons supplied by France and Russia
6) What are some cash crops of East Africa?
Coffee, Tea, Tobacco, sugar
7) What is East Africa's most critical health-care problem.
AIDS and HIV
8) Research the Rwanda massacre (genocide?) and briefly discuss what happened and why.
A slaughter of Tutsi and Hutu peoples because of economic problems, as Tutsi were livestockers and Hutu were farmers
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