Answer:
When, in 1957, the Gold Coast became the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to gain its independence from colonial rule, it renamed itself Ghana in honor of the long-gone empire.
Explanation:
Agra, India (The Taj Mahal) and Lahore, Pakistan (Badshahi Mosque)
1. T
2. F
3. T
4. F (He did write <em>Common Sense</em>, but it's well known and as the paper says, was an immediate success)
5. T
6. F
7. It's common sense to create a new government, a republic, to govern a country that was unhappy with a monarchy running the government.
8. Thomas Paine: A Man of Common Sense. I think this is a good creative name for the biography because so much of Thomas' life was defined by <em>Common Sense.</em>
