History Class- Africa Questions ?

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Critical Thinking- How might the landforms of the African continent affected the political boundaries?
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Most of the people in North Africa live North of the Sahara Desert near the Meditereanean Sea. If the Sahara were a grassland with rivers and forests, would this change where people in North African countries live? Why ?

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The Sahara Desert forms a natural boundary for many countries. In particular, it forms the northern boundary of the West African states, and provides a boundary for Egypt. The Atlas Mountains provide a boundary between Morocco and the rest of Africa.

Beyond this, the natural boundaries have little to do with Africa's current political boundaries. That is because the colonial powers, when they took over Africa, set their boundaries over these natural boundaries; to deliberately divide people of the same nationalities.

If the Sahara was grassland, of course more North African people would live there, reducing the population density of the current North African states.
 
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