Here is the question :
WHICH COUNTRY WAS CALLED THE GOLD COAST BEFORE IT ATTAINED INDEPENDENCE?
Here is the option for the question :
- Angola
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- Senegal
The Answer:
And, the answer for the the question is :
Explanation:
[STC001846] In 1471, Portuguese explorers arrived in Ghana for the first time and quickly learned that they could barter commodities for vast quantities of gold along the coast. As a result, this region became known as the Gold Coast. After a short while, further Europeans arrived in search of valuable metals and quickly constructed their own outposts along the shore in order to expedite and regulate commerce. Although the gold trade declined in the 19th century, Britain claimed parts of the Gold Coast as a colony in 1874. After World War II, there was a rise in worker unrest and aspirations for self-governance. In 1957, the local administration proclaimed independence, becoming the first British colony in Africa to do so. They decided to change their name to Ghana in honor of a West African empire of the same name that existed from the 7th through the 13th centuries and was located in what is now the countries of Mauritania and Mali.