Question

select the correct answer.
how was ghana, under the rule of kwame nkrumah, able to quickly build factories and roads?
a. iron tools, discovered after independence, were better than wooden and stone tools.
b. nkrumahs government borrowed heavily from the soviet union.
c. help from former european colonial powers helped ghana industrialize.
d. profits from diamond sales provided the money needed to build infrastructure.

Explanation:

• Option A: Iron tools were not newly discovered post - independence to enable this rapid infrastructure build.
• Option B: Kwame Nkrumah's government had significant borrowing from the Soviet Union, which helped in financing the construction of factories and roads.
• Option C: Former colonial powers were not a source of help for Ghana's industrialization and infrastructure building under Nkrumah.
• Option D: Ghana is not a major diamond - producing country, and diamond sales did not provide the funds for this infrastructure development.

Answer:

B. Nkrumah's government borrowed heavily from the Soviet Union.