Do Now 4/29/10

One thing that comes to my mind is imperialism. The European countries that conquered Africa and left suddenly cause many of the problems that occur today. One of these things is unstable government. The countries left without instituting a government consisting of African leaders. When the Europeans were present European leaders controled the government. When they left, they left the Africans without government and in great turmoil. Also another problem that western countries provided was the poverty their today. They used up the resources and left. For example, they gathered lots of minerals and caused the farmers to share crop. After many generations of share cropping farmers loose the knowledge to grow food that will sustain a culture, those that are not only used in trade. Also, the land is depleted of it's minerals that allow for good crops.