Nigeria
Hyun Kim, David Kim, Sangwoo Song
Where is Nigeria?
NIGER
BENIN
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NigeriA
Nigeria = Niger(Niger River runs through the country) + Area
Capital City - Abuja
Population - 149,229,090 (3 x Korea)
#1st in Africa, #8th in the World
Birth Rate - 39.9/1000
Infant Mortality Rate - 93.9/1000
Approximate Size - 923,768 sq km
About twice the size of California
Language - English(official) , Hausa, Igbo(ibo), and Fulani
Religion - Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, Others 10%
Education- The percentage of education is below 40% for both men&women
Happiness- Happiest country in the world because cultural values exist in family life
Type of Government - Federal Republic
Life Expectancy
Male - about 46 years
Female - about 47~48 years
GEOGRAPHY
Nigeria is one third larger than Texas
The most popular country of Africa is located on the Gulf of Guinea, the West Africa.
Neighbors - Benin, Niger, Cameroon, Cad, and Niger River flows south through the western part of the country in to the Gulf of
Guinea.
Swamps and mangrove forest border the southern coast, and the inland are hardwood forests.
Consists of ancient crystalline rocks of the African Shield
There are granite mountains, these environment form the landscape of Nigeria and of West Africa as whole.
Nigerian land has been shaped by volcanic episodes, there are two main areas of volcanic rock.
The Igbo men place great values in masculinity and strength.
More Facts
3 Main Ethnic Groups
Igbo
Housa-Fulani
Yoruba
Economy
Petroleum based economy
Largest Export is Oil(palm oil)
IGBO
Location = Southeastern Nigeria
Population - about 8 million
Type of Art - Stone carving/use mask
Neighboring People - Ibibio, Ijo, Ekoi, Igala, Idoma, Nupe
Language - Igbo(ibo)
Religion - Before the European, and Christian Mission, they had some kind of ancestor worship.
Political System - No centralized chieftaincy, hereditary aristocracy, or kingship.
Economy - Many Igbo are farmers
Staple crop is yam
They also harvest the fruit of the palm tree, which is processed into oil.
Igbo Society
In the present time
Igbo Culture
This picture portrays the
Igbo culture
Quotes
“ Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly and proverbs re the palm-oil with
which words are eaten.” (chp. 1)
This quote represents the intelligence of the Igbo tribe. The tribe has poor technological
progress; however, they are smart, and people could notice by talking to them. Art of
conversation shows that Igbo has some kind of luxurious way of conversation.
“And at last the locusts did descend. They settled on every tree and on every blade of grass; they
settled on the roofs and covered the bare ground. Mighty tree branches broke away under them, and
the whole country became the brown-earth color of the vast, hungry swarm.” (chp. 7)
This is like a allegory for the arrival of the colonizers. The locusts represents the colonizers, and
it shows how the Nigerian society was when the colonizers arrived.
Questions
Why do you think Nigeria has the most population from the Africa?
Huge land
Why is Nigeria so successful?
Petroleum Economy
Why is Nigeria named Nigeria?
Nigeria = Niger + Area
StudyGuide answers
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1. B
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2. Federal Republic
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3. B
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4. A, C
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5. Igbo, Housa-Fulani, Yoruba
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6. A
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7. 8
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8. California
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9. B
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10. D
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11. Nigeria may be the happiest nation in the world because the people place more values on family life, culture, and work rather than the materialistic values people
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place in other nations.
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12. The yam in the Igbo culture symbolizes the strength of men; the tough farming procedures they must endure to accomplish in harvesting the crop is extremely
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difficult.
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13.The Igbo cultural traditions are very much like traditions in other countries. Their rituals and religions are similar to many other ethnic groups from the different
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parts of the world because these people, as humans, search for someplace to rely upon. The Igbo traditions may seem queer at first, but these actions all have good
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reasons behind them.
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*You cannot blurt out answers, or else your team will lose 10 points (tickets).
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*You must not scream, shout, run around, be crazy, or even overreact: if violated, the person will be eliminated from the game and there
will be no prizes for that person.
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*You must not cheat in any way and they include: crossing over the line, cutting the line, confusing people, or listening to other teams
for the answer: if violated the team will be eliminated from the game with no prizes.
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1.player 2 going the second, player 3 going the last
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2. In each round, the player 1 from each team throws the arrow into the garbage bin from the three lines given (hard—3 points,
medium—2 points, easy—1 points;—hard being the farthest and easy being the medium)
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3. If they make the arrow in, they win a point; if not they do not win a point.
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4. The player 1 from each team will throw the arrow, and that will determine the question types (i.e. if everyone threw from the hard line,
they will all get hard questions)
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5. All the player 1 will now go up the board and get ready to answer the questions. If they know the answer, the player must write it
down on the board and when done answering: must sit down.
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6. The first person to sit down and get the answer correctly wins the point
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7. If the first person does not get the point, the others can answer; and the first person lost his chance.
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8. This will repeat for all three/two players, and each team must choose three types of questions: 1. Easy, 2. Medium, 3. Hard.
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Prizes:
GAME!!!