Document 4 British Geographer and author.George H. T. Kimble gave his point of view in a 1962 Now York Times Magazine article. [The colonial powers]failed to provido the African with sufficient [preparation] None of the newly independen I countries had enough skilled African administr ators to run their own [government] [or] enough African technicians to keep the public utilities working And no country had an electorate that knew what independence was all about For all its faults colonial governmen t provided security of person and property in lands that had known little of either. It was the colonial powers who were largely responsible for the opening of the region to the lumberman, miner planter, and other men of means without whom its wealth would be continued to lie fallow (uncultivated). What did this author cite as negative effects of imperialism? square What did the author cite as positive effects of imperialism?

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Document 4 British Geographer and author.George H. T. Kimble gave his point of view in a 1962 Now York Times Magazine article. [The colonial powers]failed to provido the African with sufficient [preparation] None of the newly independen I countries had enough skilled African administr ators to run their own [government] [or] enough African technicians to keep the public utilities working And no country had an electorate that knew what independence was all about For all its faults colonial governmen t provided security of person and property in lands that had known little of either. It was the colonial powers who were largely responsible for the opening of the region to the lumberman, miner planter, and other men of means without whom its wealth would be continued to lie fallow (uncultivated). What did this author cite as negative effects of imperialism? square What did the author cite as positive effects of imperialism?

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The author cited the following as negative effects of imperialism:1. Failure to provide sufficient preparation for Africans, resulting in a lack of skilled African administrators to run their own governments.2. Insufficient number of African technicians to maintain public utilities.3. Electorates that were not well-informed about the concept of independence.The author cited the following as positive effects of imperialism:1. Provision of security of person and property in regions that had experienced little of either before colonial rule.2. Opening up the region to economic activities such as lumbering, mining, and plantation farming, which brought in wealth and development.

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