Question

With reference to natural resources in Ghana, Explain why resources are regarded as dynamic cultural concept

Answer 1

Answer:

Dynamic Concept of Resource:

“It is technology which gives value to the neutral stuffs which it processes; and as the useful arts advance the gifts of nature are remade. With technology on the march, the emphasis of value shifts from the natural to the processed good”.

So, resource creation process is not static, it is dynamic in nature. The thing or substance considered as neutral stuff today may be converted into precious resource tomorrow. Since the beginning of civilization, Paleolithic man started devoting his limited knowledge to con­vert neutral stuff into resource for his own requirement.

With the passage of time, with in­creasing knowledge, man was able to harness more resource from same amount of stuff. Bow­man has rightly remarked: “The moment we give them human association they are as changeful as humanity itself”.

With the increasing need, man frantically explored all possibilities or avenues to expand resource base from his existing stock. So, resource creation is a continuous and need-based operation. At the present era, when the world is passing through acute energy crisis, man is exploring possibilities to produce energy from all sources —solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy etc.

Previously ocean current was never considered as resource but, now, man is able to convert this force into energy. So, the concept of resource is dynamic and re­source study is a dynamic science.

Answer 2

Answer:

Natural resources of Ghana help Ghana empire to flourish in the African continent the development growth of the Ghana empire shows how natural resources played a dynamic role in the development of an empire or country in the region.

They traded their few resources of gold and salt through a silent barter system this method of trade kept the trade peaceful and the natural resources of Ghana kept secret from the rest of the world.