Nigeria And Human Geography Keywords

Question 1

Define LIC

Answer 1

Low income country that have a GNI per capita of $1,045 according to the world bank

Question 2

Define HIC

Answer 2

High income country that have a GNI per capita of $12,746 according to the world bank

Question 3

Define NEE

Answer 3

Newly emerging economy that have begun to experience high rates of economic development

Question 4

Define GNI

Answer 4

Gross national income is a measure of the country’s wealth

Question 5

Define HDI

Answer 5

Human development index is a composite measure that considers life expectancy, GNI and an education index

Question 6

Define birth rate

Answer 6

How many babies are born per 1000 people in a population per year

Question 7

Define death rate

Answer 7

How many people die per 1000 people in a population

Question 8

Define death rate

Answer 8

How many people die per 1000 people in a population

Question 9

Define infant mortality

Answer 9

How many babies die per 1000 live births per year

Question 10

Define people per doctor

Answer 10

How many people there are for every doctor in a county.

Question 11

Define literacy rate

Answer 11

Percentage of country that can read and write

Question 12

Define life expectancy

Answer 12

Average age a person can expect to live to at birth

Question 13

Location of Nigeria

Answer 13

Former uk colony
West Africa
Niger to the North
Atlantic Ocean to the west

Question 14

Is Nigeria the continents biggest economy

Answer 14

Yes

Question 15

Predictions of Nigeria by 2040

Answer 15

Fourth most populous country in the world
GDP is projected to grow from $525 billion to $4.2 trillion

Question 16

What is Nigeria rich in?

Answer 16

Oil makes up 75% of the government money

Question 17

True or false: Nigeria has 1/2 of Africas extra poor people

Answer 17

False: 1/4

Question 18

Political and economic links around the world

Answer 18

-Main traiding partners
-active member of the economic community of west African states
- involvement in international affairs

Question 19

Industrial structure of Nigeria

Answer 19

-Mainly shifting from primary based economy to secondary
-many still work on farms
-well distributed between wealthy and poor

Question 20

Economic potential of Nigeria

Answer 20

Large National market
good geographical positions
Human Resources
natural resources

Question 21

Limits to Nigerias growth

Answer 21

Poor infrastructure
limited access to financial services
Lack of electricity
Disputes over land and water access

Question 22

Issues with giving aid

Answer 22

Corruption in the government

Money supply’s navy

Aid donors may have political influence

Question 23

Benefits from aid

Answer 23

Nets for life projects provides education on malaria and gives mosquito nets to households

World bank - funded loans to help diverse economies away from oil dependence

Uk funded health and HIV programmes