What are two reasons why West Africa strongly felt the effects of the slave trade? The West African countries lost most of their able-bodied men and women to the slave trade.
The price of manufactured goods fell sharply in West Africa.
The West African countries were most easily reached by European ships.
West Africa had more natural resources than other parts of Africa.
East African countries could not be colonized by Europeans.

The west African country lost most of there able-bodied people men and woman to slave trade. 2. West Africa had more natural resources than any other part

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1. The West African countries lost most of their able-bodied men and women to the slave trade 3. The West African countries were most easily reached by European ships.

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(d) rivers.

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civilizations developed around rivers because their waters provided places to hunt and fish. also, as the rivers flooded, the lands around them became fertile. this allowed them to support farming. this is especially true of the nile river, which flooded the same time each year.