Vocabulary
This type of map uses contour lines and symbols to show a region's physical and human features. Such as hills and valleys.
A region in Nigeria defined by little water and drought that caused a massive reduction in Lake Chad.
What is Northern Nigeria?
These people often make their living growing corn and millet. Additionally, they sell milk and butter to other villagers. They are also known for their leatherworks.
Who are the Hausa?
The Maya have been able to preserve their culture because of due to the area in which they live which isolates them.
What is Mountain Geography or Highlands?
A group of people that share a common culture.
What is an ethnic group?
This region of Nigeria is known for previously being a rainforest but is now swamps and wetlands. In fact, it contains one of the world's largest wetlands.
What is Eastern Nigeria?
The industry does Eastern Nigeria get most of its economic activity from?
What is the Oil industry?
This is a mud-brick that many traditional Mayan homes are built from.
What is adobe?
A system in which one country rules another area s a colony. Th ruling country controls trade with its colony for its own benefit.
What is colonialism or colonization?
Western Nigeria is home to a group of people that first came to Nigeria around 100 B.C.E they have their own dialect and one-tenth of people in the country today speak their language as a first language.
Who are the Yoruba people?
These people create masks for rituals and ceremonies. They are made of wood or leather. The masks are designed in secret to add an air of mystery to them.
Who are the Igbo?
This has caused a change in the way that the Maya conduct their market day. Rather than bartering they now accept cash and they also sell things that are popular with this crowd.
What are tourists?
People who travel to other places to work or farm and at the end of a season come home with money for their families.
Who are migrant workers?
Eastern Nigeria contains an ethnic group that had been the favorite of the colonizers. They held a position of privilege and tried to break away from Nigeria. They have over 30 dialects in their native language.
Who are the Igbo?
What art and clothing style are the Yoruba famous for?
What is colorful cloth and beadwork?
Religion is important to the Maya. They saw little conflict between this group's saints and their own traditional beliefs, thus being able to combine them to create a unique faith.
Who are the Catholics?
Someone who works to protect the beauty and natural resources of the environment from destruction or pollution.
What is a Conservationist?
What is Western Nigeria?
There are many jobs available to the Yoruba people of Western Nigeria, including office jobs, teaching, engineering, and doctors. This is largely due to the fact that Western Nigeria contains what largest city in Africa?
What is Lagos?
Maya healers do more than have a knowledge of the natural environment. They also maintain knowledge of the ancient Maya calendar. They perform rituals on key days to maintain harmony among people, the gods, and the natural world.
Who are daykeepers?