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Below are a compilation of questions from the institute of education and other sources on the above course. Try to answer each question as you prepare for your end of semester exams. 

1. Explain four reasons why British West African colonies failed in their resistance to British colonialism. (20 marks)

2. Explain four factors that promoted the activities of radical nationalism in British West Africa. (20 marks)

3. Discuss four features of proto nationalism. (20 marks)

4. What factors motivated the Portuguese to explore the west coast of Africa? (20 marks)

5. What were the effects of the European presence in Ghana up to the 1900? (20 marks)

6. Examine four reasons why Africa was partitioned by the European powers towards the end of the 19th century? (20 marks)

7. a. Briefly explain the partition of Africa . (4 marks)

   b. Explain four effects of the partition on Ghana and west Africa. (16 marks)

8. Highlight five measures taken by the British to establish control over the people of the Gold Coast. (20 marks)

9. Examine the nature of the French colonial administration structure in West Africa. (20 marks)

10. Discuss four reasons why Britain adopted the indirect rule system in West Africa. (20 marks)

11. a. Explain two disadvantages of indirect rule system. (8 marks)

   b. Examine three reasons why the French policy of assimilation failed by 1945. (12 marks)

12. Examine four ways colonization retarded growth in Ghana. (20 marks)

13. a. Explain what is meant by colonization.(4 marks)

   b. Explain any four impact of colonialism in Ghana and Africa. (16 marks)

14. Examine four factors that accounted for the defeat of African resistance to colonialism by the end of the 19th century.

15. Identify five external factors that promoted nationalism in Africa. (20 marks)

16. a. What is modern nationalism? (4 marks)

   b.Explain four reasons why nationalist activities were aggressive after the Second World War. (16 marks)

17. Discuss four grievances of Ghanaians after the Second World War. (20 marks)

18. Explain four ways Ghanaians can correct the negative impacts of colonialism. (20 marks)

19. Examine the structure of the colonial economy. (20 marks)