Nigeria

Question 1

Main imports to Nigeria(5)

Answer 1

Rice, Petroleum, Telephones, Cars and Wheat

Question 2

Main exports from Nigeria(3)

Answer 2

Gas, Crude and refined petroleum, Cocoa

Question 3

Year of Nigeria gaining independence

Answer 3

1960

Question 4

Groups Nigeria is part of(3)

Answer 4

Commonwealth, UN, African Union

Question 5

Key contribution to the UN

Answer 5

5th largest number of peacekeeping troops

Question 6

Examples of Nigeria’s importance(3)

Answer 6

Provides employment as economic hub in Africa, major exporter of oil, crucial politically as part of Commonwealth and UN

Question 7

Abuja

Answer 7

Capital city of Nigeria

Question 8

Export

Answer 8

When goods are sold out of a country

Question 9

Imports

Answer 9

When a country buys goods from another

Question 10

OPEC

Answer 10

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Question 11

Ways China supports Nigeria(3)

Answer 11

Main export partners for manufactured goods, growing investment into country, interdependent as Nigeria needs infrastructure while China requires resources

Question 12

Reasons for Nigeria’s economic development(4)

Answer 12

Increasing population so more services, increased use of telecommunications, shift from primary to secondary sector, technology increase

Question 13

Political Context

Answer 13

Civil War 1967-70, misuse of resources under Britain, Ebola outbreak 2011 well dealt with

Question 14

Why is there instability between North and South?

Answer 14

Inequality coupled with religious differences and extremism

Question 15

Reasons TNCs locate in foreign countries(3)

Answer 15

Laxer environmental laws, access to global market, cheaper labour

Question 16

Impacts of TNCs abroad(3)

Answer 16

Provides local employment, but much of profit goes abroad, and workers often work under poor conditions

Question 17

Impacts of the Bodo Oil Spill(3)

Answer 17

963 hectares of contaminated land, high carbon emissions, destruction of crucial fishing and mangrove industry

Question 18

Reasons aid may not be effective(5)

Answer 18

Money used to promote self-interest, donors may have influence over it, corruption in government, misused money, being spent on infrastructure or other

Question 19

The measures for QOL

Answer 19

Life Expectacy, Income, Education

Question 20

Statistics on UK Aid in Nigeria(2)

Answer 20

481,000 additional children receiving education in 2013-14, and 5.5 million more using safe water in 2014