Please have planners on your table ; Applying Map Skills, page 386; Use map to answer the following questions. Please write questions first! 1.Through which countries does the Niger River flow? (5) 2.Does West Africa’s elevation rise or fall as you move northward? 3.What is the highest point in West Africa? 4.Name two major lakes in West Africa. 5.What are the 4 landlocked countries of West Africa (T)?

oDescribe the land and climates found in Nigeria oExplain Nigeria’s economy oCompare Nigeria’s ethnic groups

Nigeria has a long coastline; covered with mangrove swamps (T) Nigeria’s coastline gives way to tropical rain forests

Rainforest gives way to savannas (grasslands) with few trees. (T) Finally, Nigeria highlands & plateaus appear.

Fight among Different groups within a country The mineral Used to make aluminum Mineral salt Used in Fertilizers (T) Process by which Grasslands Change to desert The first African to win The Noble prize in Literature in 1986 * The Four Largest ethnic Groups of Nigeria * (Q) Tropical trees Whose seeds are Used to make Chocolate & cocoa Small plot of land Where a farmer Grows only enough Food to feed his family Pages

Nigeria is one of the world’s major oil- producing countries (T) 90 % of income comes from oil exports (T) Oil profits pay for highways, schools, and factories Still, 33 % of people live in poverty

Despite oil resources, most work as farmers … Most are subsistence farmers, growing only enough food to feed their families Some work on larger farms that produce cash crops like…

1.What was the first colonial African country to gain its independence? 2.How many countries border Burkina Faso? 3.Cameroon is slightly larger than which state? 4.The Cote D’Ivoire is one of the world’s leading producers of what? 5.Which West African country is located entirely inside the country of Senegal? Please write questions (10)

6)What is the capital of Sierra Leone? 7)The republic of Mali is a former colony of what European power? 8)What four countries border Nigeria? 9)Nigeria is twice the size of what U.S. state? 10)What are four products that farmers in Nigeria produce? Please write questions (10)

oDescribe the land and climates found in Nigeria oExplain Nigeria’s economy oCompare Nigeria’s ethnic groups

Nigeria is one of the world’s major oil- producing countries (T) 90 % of income comes from oil exports (T) Oil profits pay for highways, schools, and factories Still, 33 % of people live in poverty

Despite oil resources, most work as farmers … Most are subsistence farmers, growing only enough food to feed their families Some work on larger farms that produce cash crops like…

Please have planners on your table ; Applying Map Skills, page 385; Use map to answer the following questions. Please write questions first! 1.Which West African capital lies farthest north? 2.Which country is surrounded by Senegal? 3.What country lies at 10 degrees West and 20 degrees North? 4.What country lies at 10 degrees East and 10 degrees North? 5.What country lies at 0 degrees and 10 degrees North?

oDescribe the land and climates found in Nigeria oExplain Nigeria’s economy oCompare Nigeria’s ethnic groups

One-third Christians Savannas President Silver French Mangrove Nok Food Oil (exports) Compound Harmattan 250 Africa Apartments 350 British Tropical rain forest Farmers Coastline 1400’s Enslaved labor Poverty Lagos Rainfall Asia City-States Muslims Gold Prime Minister One-fourth

Earliest known people were -----(Q); lived in area from 500 B.C. to 200 A.D. Known as skilled and metal workers City states emerge; influences in north; traditional African in south

Please have planners on your table ; Please turn to page RA 14 ; Use map to answer the following questions. Please write questions first! 1.What country is located at 50 degrees S and 70 degrees W? 2.What country is located at 10 degrees S and 40 degrees W? 3.What country is located at 10 degrees N and 70 degrees W? 4.What city is located at 30 degrees S and 52 degrees W? 5.What city is located at 0 degrees and 78 degrees W?

Europeans arrive in 1400’s; by 1880’s Africa is divided into Became a colony of England; in ---- Nigeria gained independence. Ethnic conflict led to civil war and instability. Free elections occurred in (Q)

About 134 million people; most living along coast or near Kano Strong sense of belonging to group or extended family Over 250 ethnic groups in Nigeria (Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba and Ibo are big 4)

Please place planner on your table; Write down 5 questions 1.What is Mary Kingsley describing in this quote? (T) 2.What does Mary Kingsley means when she mentions “bush-ropes …. Coiled around”? (T) 3.According to Mary Kingsley, what was a result of the think canopy? (T) 4.When was this piece written? 5.What do you think Mary Kingsley is describing when she writes “gray-white columns”?

“ Sometimes for hours we passed among thousands upon thousands of gray-white columns of uniform height (about feet); at the top of these the boughs branched out and interlaced among each other, forming a canopy or ceiling, which dimmed the light even of the equatorial sun to such an extent that no undergrowth could thrive in the gloom … From their far-away summits hung great bush- ropes … coiled round and intertwined among each other, until one could fancy one was looking on some mighty battle between armies of gigantic serpents.” – Mary Kingsley’s Travels in West Africa, 1893

oDescribe the Sahel’s location and its history oExplain how people in the Sahel countries live oCompare the coastal countries, their history, and peoples.

Sahel countries 1. Countries are large; is small however 2. Most live in in southern areas of Sahel; near People in the Sahel 1. most people are growing grains 2. Others were such as Fulani and Tuareg Industries of Sahel 1. Mauritania exports include and iron ores 2. Mali  ; Niger  Uranium; Chad  petroleum Traditions 1. Most are and speak Arabic along with tribal 2. In larger cities is also spoken

What are you Most likely to Find on a savanna? What is Nigeria’s Major mineral Resource & largest Export? Who is the most Famous ruler Of the kingdom Of Mali? What mineral is Used to make Aluminum? Most of West Africa’s people Practice what religion? What desert Covers most Of North Africa? Which West African Country has the Largest population? Mangrove swamps Are found in what Area of West Africa’s coastal Countries? Pages

Flourished between 700 – 1100 AD Makers of iron weapons; conqueror nearby peoples Deposits of gold; trade routes connected “G” to other regions Defeated “G” in 1200’s Built wealth on gold & salt trade Mansa Musa was M’s most famous ruler (T) Musa made Timboctou a leading center of Muslim activity (Q) Replaces M as most powerful empire Largest of three due to control of Niger River Rulers welcomed teachers, poets,& religious leaders Located at upper parts of Senegal & Niger rivers Moroccan invaders defeated in late 1500’s