The king of Ghana is said to have kept gold nuggets for himself while allowing gold dust to be traded. What does this story tell you about the impact of the gold trade on Africa's social order?

Gold played a significant position in Africa's social order.

Explanation:

African rulers were extremely rich and they regulated the trade route between gold and salt mines and gave traders security in return for gold nuggets. The King got the exclusive rights to own gold nuggets. The common people were allowed to trade only with gold dust. The economy of Africa at that time was dominated by gold mining and trading. And the occupation of gold gave the status quo in society.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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