Thompson 5th Period Geo

  Birth Rate -34.6 Death Rate -9.1 Infant Mortality Rate -59.8 Life expectancy - 60.4 Literacy Rate - 62% GDP per Capita -$5,900 Nigeria has a low quality of life.This is indicated because the death rate is way higher than the world averaged , the literacy rate is very low its not close to the world's average, and their GDP per capita is not even close to the world's average.

  Nigeria is a land of great variety. It has hot, rainy swamplands; dry, sandy areas; grassy plains; and tropical forests. High plateaus and rocky mountains rise in various parts of the country. The population of Nigeria consists of more than 250  ethnic  (cultural) groups. About half of the country's people live in rural areas. Nigeria also has several large, crowded cities. Lagos  is the chief commercial center. Abuja  is the capital of the country. Most Nigerians earn their livelihood by farming, fishing, or herding. The country is a leading producer of cacao, peanuts, and other crops. In addition, Nigeria has mineral resources, including large deposits of petroleum. Since the late 1960's, profits from Nigeria's oil industry have brought new wealth to the nation. Nigeria has used this wealth to develop new industry, improve its educational system, and modernize its agriculture. A number of ancient kingdoms developed in the area that is now Nigeria hundreds of...

  Nigeria is a federal republic, with executive power exercised by the president. ... Nigerian politics takes place within a framework of a federal, presidential, representative democratic republic, in which executive power is exercised by the government.  Abacha, Sani  (1943-1998), a Nigerian Army general, seized the presidency of Nigeria in a military coup in 1993 and ruled the country as head of a military dictatorship until 1998. In 1983, in a military take-over led by General Mohammed Buhari, Abacha became commander of the 2nd Mechanized Division and a member of Nigeria's Supreme Military Council. He went on to become a major general in 1984. Soon after becoming president, Abubakar dismissed several of Abacha's associates from various key government posts, released political prisoners, and promised an early transition to civilian democracy. He also gave indications that he would soon release Chief Moshood Abiola, whom Abacha had imprisoned in 1994 after annulling ele...

  a nation on the west coast of Africa, has more people than any other country in Africa. Nigeria ranks as one of the most populous countries in the world. Nigeria is a land of great variety. It has hot, rainy swamp lands; dry, sandy areas; grassy plains; and tropical forests. High plateaus and rocky mountains rise in various parts of the country. About half of the country's people live in rural areas. Most Nigerians earn their livelihood by farming, fishing, or herding. The country is a leading producer of cacao, peanuts, and other crops. In addition, Nigeria has mineral resources, including large deposits of petroleum.Over 27% of Nigerians are unemployed because of Covid-19. Nigeria's economy has contracted by 6.1% year on year in the second quarter this year. As with the most other economies around the world,the sharp drop in Nigeria's GDP growth is largely down to the slowdown in economic activity after the country resorted to a lockdown back in April to curb the spread...

 Sunni Islam is the most popular religion in Nigeria  Nigeria has the largest Muslim  population in West Africa.The CIA  estimates over 50% of the population is Muslim  while the BBC  estimated in 2007 that slightly over 50% of the population is Muslim.   Muslims in Nigeria are predominantly Sunnis   of the Maliki  school of thought. Islam was introduced to Nigeria through two geographical routes: North Africa and the Senegalese Basin. The origins of Islam in the country is linked with the development of Islam in the wider West Africa. Trade was the major connecting link that brought Islam into Nigeria. Islam grew in North-East Nigeria, in particular, the Kanem  empire as a result of trade between Kanem and Northern African regions of Fezzan , Egypt and Cyrenaica  in the eleventh century.   Muslim merchants from the North sometimes remained in settlements along trade routes, this merchant class would later preach the ...