Liberia

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/liberia

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How many people live in Liberia?Approximately 5.5 million
2. How big is Liberia?111,369 square kilometers (43,000 square miles)
3. What is the capital of Liberia?Monrovia
4. What is the independence date?July 26, 1847
5. What is the historical distinction?Africa's oldest continuously independent republic
6. What is Liberia and where is it located?Liberia is a country in West Africa. It sits on the Atlantic Ocean and is next to Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast.

Americo-Liberian: Descendants of freed African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans who settled in Liberia in the 19th century.
Indigenous Population: The original inhabitants of a region, distinct from later settlers or colonizers.
Scramble for Africa: The period of European colonization of Africa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Civil Wars: Internal armed conflicts within a country, which Liberia experienced significantly in the late 20th century.