Need help with this:
The following ten countries are choices:
Senegal
Ghana
Nigeria
Congo
the Central African Republic
Zambia
Zaire
Botswana
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Use the hints to find out which country they are talking about:
'One, the country must have a major river that does not form an important part of a political boundary with any other country. Two, the river must flow through a densely populated Sub-saharan region. Three, the official language of the country should be English.'
After finding out the official languages, I'm left with:
Ghana
Nigeria
Zambia
and Zimbabwe
Please Help
Thanks
-MC
Doesn't the Volga river form a boundry on Ghana? check the map.
Now on Zambia and Zimbabwe, they are separated by a river. See a map.
Nigeria is left. Well, debate can now ensue. Is the river between Nigeria and Niger as it flows into lake Chad "an important polictical boundry"? You decide, see the map.
You can find good maps by searching on things like
nigeria map then searching on "images" and click the one you think is of value.
Thank You!!
-MC
Based on the hints given, we can eliminate countries that do not meet all the criteria:
- Senegal does not have a major river that satisfies the first condition, so we can eliminate it.
- Congo does not have English as an official language, so it can also be eliminated.
- The Central African Republic and Mozambique do not have English as an official language, so they too can be eliminated.
- Zaire is an outdated name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which we already eliminated.
- Botswana does not have English as an official language, so we can remove it from the list.
This leaves us with the following countries to consider:
Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
To determine the correct country, we need to consider the remaining two conditions:
1. The river must flow through a densely populated Sub-Saharan region.
2. The major river should not form an important part of a political boundary with any other country.
By using these conditions, we can narrow down the options even further. One river that stands out is the Zambezi River, which flows through Zambia and Zimbabwe. Since Zimbabwe is landlocked and does not share the Zambezi River as a political boundary with any other country, we can conclude that Zimbabwe is the correct answer.
Therefore, based on the given hints, the country being referred to is Zimbabwe.