Please have planners on your table ; Applying Map Skills, page 386; Use map to answer the following questions. Please write questions first! 1.Through which countries does the Niger River flow? (5) 2.Does West Africa’s elevation rise or fall as you move northward? 3.What is the highest point in West Africa? 4.Name two major lakes in West Africa. 5.What are the 4 landlocked countries of West Africa (T)?

oDescribe the land and climates found in Nigeria oExplain Nigeria’s economy oCompare Nigeria’s ethnic groups

Nigeria has a long coastline; covered with mangrove swamps (T) Nigeria’s coastline gives way to tropical rain forests

Rainforest gives way to savannas (grasslands) with few trees. (T) Finally, Nigeria highlands & plateaus appear.

Fight among Different groups within a country The mineral Used to make aluminum Mineral salt Used in Fertilizers (T) Process by which Grasslands Change to desert The first African to win The Noble prize in Literature in 1986 * The Four Largest ethnic Groups of Nigeria * (Q) Tropical trees Whose seeds are Used to make Chocolate & cocoa Small plot of land Where a farmer Grows only enough Food to feed his family Pages

Nigeria is one of the world’s major oil- producing countries (T) 90 % of income comes from oil exports (T) Oil profits pay for highways, schools, and factories Still, 33 % of people live in poverty

Despite oil resources, most work as farmers … Most are subsistence farmers, growing only enough food to feed their families Some work on larger farms that produce cash crops like…

1.What was the first colonial African country to gain its independence? 2.How many countries border Burkina Faso? 3.Cameroon is slightly larger than which state? 4.The Cote D’Ivoire is one of the world’s leading producers of what? 5.Which West African country is located entirely inside the country of Senegal? Please write questions (10)

6)What is the capital of Sierra Leone? 7)The republic of Mali is a former colony of what European power? 8)What four countries border Nigeria? 9)Nigeria is twice the size of what U.S. state? 10)What are four products that farmers in Nigeria produce? Please write questions (10)

oDescribe the land and climates found in Nigeria oExplain Nigeria’s economy oCompare Nigeria’s ethnic groups

Nigeria is one of the world’s major oil- producing countries (T) 90 % of income comes from oil exports (T) Oil profits pay for highways, schools, and factories Still, 33 % of people live in poverty

Despite oil resources, most work as farmers … Most are subsistence farmers, growing only enough food to feed their families Some work on larger farms that produce cash crops like…