Nigeria

Question 1

Where is Nigeria located?

Answer 1

Continent of Africa and is just North of the equator in the Northern Hemisphere.
It’s on the coastline of the North Atlantic Coast (West)
Capital is Lagos
It’s important for trade and is not landlocked

Question 2

Nigeria as an NEE

Answer 2

-Huge rural to urban migration - 50% of the population lives in urban areas
-There are more job opportunities in the city with more businesses
-Birth rate slightly decreases meaning women live in urban areas and deciding to have kids later as they don’t need to do agricultural labour
-fastest growing economies.

Question 3

National important for Nigeria

Answer 3

• fastest growing economy in Africa
• 3rd largest manufacturing sector (182 million people)
  -highest farm output (19 million cattle)
• highest GDP in continent
• leads the way in Africas future development. - has huge potential.

Question 4

Global important

Answer 4

-it’s the 5th largest contributed to the UN peacekeeping.
- 21st largest economy
- 2.17% of worlds oil - main source of nigerias income
- it is an economic hub - trade as it isn’t landlocked.

Question 5

Social context of Nigeria

Answer 5

• formed in the 20th century under British rule.
• it was c on promises of smaller tribal kingdoms
• 500 different ethnic groups with own language
• 3 ethnic groups dominate: IGBO, YORUBA, HAUSA - south is predominantly Christian, north is Muslim.
  -source of conflict despite great strength
• urbanisation led to rural to urban migration.

Question 6

Political context

Answer 6

-independence in 1960
-progressed from civil war through several military dictatorships to as stable democracy.

-North of Nigeria, Boko Harem, an extremist organisation want to demolish democracy and make own government under Islamic law (sharla)
-17000 people killed. Since 2002 people fled
-Ebola outbreak in 2013 - killed over 11000 people
-8 people died in Nigeria to contain the disease with good healthcare and planning

Question 7

Environmental context

Answer 7

• 5-12 degrees North of the equator - environmental ranges from savannah (grassland) in rainforests in the south.
• more natural vegetation is replaced by agricultural
• cocoa and palm oil are grown in the south and peanuts are grown in the North.

Question 8

Cultural context

Answer 8

-Nigeria enjoys a rich and varied culture
- Nigerian music is enjoyed across the continent and beyond
-Nigerian cinema - known as “nollywood” as the second largest film industry behind India.
- in sport, Nigerian football team has won the African cup of Nations 3x
-several Nigerian football players have played the premier league