Large country= population growing

1) problems: ethnic conflict, political uncertainty, lack of housing, food, and water.

1) Oil exports, people rely a lot on this.

a.) world oil prices effect the economy

b.) use profit to build roads, schools, and factories

2) Farming

a.) subistence farming (only farm what the need)

b.) large farms: rubber, peanuts, palm oil, cacao

1) largest ethnic groups= hausa, fulani, Yoruba, Ibo

2) English is used for business and gov't

3) Muslim, Christian, Traditional

4) Cities are growing rapidly (Lagos, Abuja

1) 1960 gained independence from Britain

a.)1967 Civil War started by Ibo

2) Federal Republic, nationa; gov't and states share power

b.) struggle to keep a stable democracy

1) landlocked - limited ability to export

2) overgrazed land- desertification

3) Smaller population

1) Cape Verde, Sengal-Benin

2) Deforestation= rain forest cut down

3) Ethnic/ religously divers (Muslim, Christian, Traditional)

4) Civil Wars- Ethnic wars (destroyed economies)

a.) Liberia, Sierra Leone, C'ote D' Ivoire

b.) Stable economies= Ghana, Senegal, Benin