THE MOTHERLAND Flashcards
THE NIGERIAN POPULATION IS..
Increasing
birth rate is
decreasing
urban growth is
increasing
nigeria is
2.63% of the world’s population
in 2001 the brics countries were
brazil, russia , india, and china
in 2014 the mint countries are
mexico, indonesia , nigeria and turkey
nigeria is one of
one of the fastest ecomonically growing countries
in 2020 it is predicted that
Nigeria would be on the top 2020 economic countries and in 2050 it is believed that Nigeria would be economically higher than countries such as France and Canada
the youthful population
thanks to Nigeria’s youthful population. it is predicted that when they enter the work force it would help to boost the ecomony
what is a NEE
A NEE is a country that is facing rapid growth, like Nigeria
oil
nigeria produce 2.17% of the world’s oil, it is the 12th producer
diverse ecomony
this includes finance, telecommunication and the media - Nollywood
UN Peacekeeping
Nigeria is the 5th contributor to the UN peacekeeping missions
nigeria in Africa
it has the highest population 182 million
it has the highest gpd
it is the 3rd manufacturing country
land in africa
Nigeria has low levels of productivity and wide disputes about land ownership but has the highest amount of farming in the whole of africa
barrack obama
“Nigeria is critical to the rest of Africa and if Nigeria does not get it right Africa will really not make progress”
multiethnic
there are may faiths in Nigeria, christianity, traditions, islam etc. as well as races, yoraban, igbos , fulani,
separation
in the years 1967-70 there was a civil war between igbo and the rest to make their own country- Biafra land
inequality
there is inequality between the rich south and poor north as well as extremist in the north - boko haram
straight border
many african nations have straight borders due to the time of empires
unstable governments
africa gaining independance nigeria was unstable from 1960-99 due to corruption
1999
from 1999 nigeria gain a stable government
china
china is investing in construction for oil
america
america has invested in major companies such as wal-mart , IBM and microsoft to operate in Nigeria
what are the biomes in nigeria
. Tropical Savanna. Temperate Grassland. Desert. Temperate Woodland and Shrubland.
the sehel people are affected by the desert region
famous nigerians
footballer
john obi mikel, victor moses, jay-jay okochand Jeanu
authors
chinia achebe
nollywood
this is more popular than american and bollywood