Introduction
Goal: To understand the history of Tanzania.
Choose one Web site to explore. Use the information in the Web site to answer the questions below the Web link. Be sure to read the complete articles! After you finish answering your questions, meet with your classmates to find out the answers to the remaining questions. Don't forget to answer the BIG QUESTION at the end.
Web site: http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/tanzania-gains-independence
Questions:
1. When did Tanzania get its independence?
2 .Which countries colonized Tanzania?
3.What movements helped Tanzania in attaining its independence?
Web site: http://tanzania.um.dk/en/about-tanzania/history-of-tanzania/
Questions:
1.Summarize the colonial times
2.When was the slave trade removed and by who?
3.What happened in 1994 between Tanganyika and Zanzibar?
Web site: http://www.localhistories.org/tanzania.html
Questions:
1. Who is Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck?
2. When did Germans in Tanzania run out of food and what did they do?
3.What crops are grown in the Tanzanian Plantations currently?
The Big Question : Write briefly about Julius Nyerere (minimum 150 words)