What country touches the equator and the tropic of capricorn?

In 1915 the german geologist and meteorologist alfred wegener first proposed the theory of continental drift, which states that parts of the earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core. the fossil record supports and gives credibility to the theories of continental drift and plate tectonics.

Compared with the land in the highlands, the lowlands region of england a) rockier and more difficult for farmingb) the center of business and industryc)richer in coal reservesd)covered by more fertile farmland d) covered by more fertile farmland

In the scramble for africa, european powers drew boundaries and created states that benefitted the colonizers while ignoring the needs of the local populations. what effects did this policy have on the indigenous people following independence?