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Planner and Warm-up Sept. 14 th

Planner and Warm-up Sept. 14 th. Planner. Warm-up. CW: Chapter 13 Section 1 notes CW: School Uniforms Reminders: Chapter 13 section 1 quiz on Sept. 14 th. West Africa. Chapter 13 Section 1. Background. The earliest known inhabitants were called Nok.

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Planner and Warm-up Sept. 14 th

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  1. Planner and Warm-up Sept. 14th Planner Warm-up • CW: Chapter 13 Section 1 notes • CW: School Uniforms • Reminders: Chapter 13 section 1 quiz on Sept. 14th

  2. West Africa Chapter 13 Section 1

  3. Background • The earliest known inhabitants were called Nok. • Has the most people of any other African nation with 134 million. • Its largest city is Lagos

  4. Nigeria • Gets its name from the Niger River • Twice the size of California • Mangrove – tropical tree with roots that extend both above and beneath the water • Located on the lowlands along the coast

  5. CACAO Seeds are used to make chocolate and coco.

  6. Nigeria • Past the coast, there are miles of tropical rain forest • Then, there are savannas – tropical grasslands with only a few trees • Climate – high temperatures and seasonal rains • Harmattan – wind from the Sahara during winter months • The Sahara Desert covers most of North Africa

  7. COMPOUND

  8. Nigeria • Produces a lot of OIL (90% of income), largest export • 1980s – people left farms to search for better paying jobs, crops never harvested • Had to import food to feed people

  9. Nigeria • Contains 25 different ethnic groups • Speak many different languages but speak English in business and government • Most of West Africans are Muslim

  10. Nigeria • Family – men go off to the cities and work while the women farm the land and raise the children • 1960 – became independent from Britain • 1999 – first time Nigerians were able to vote for president in free elections

  11. School Uniforms

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