Nigeria
Across
- 2. The new capital in 1991
- 6. Nnamdi Azikwe, Nigeria's first _________, was Igbo
- 7. A grain that Hausa-Fulani farmers grow
- 8. Today, many Igbo live in ______
- 9. Today, there are some Yoruba farmers who grow _________
- 12. Took over Nigeria in 1914
- 13. A cashcrop grown by the Yoruba
- 14. How the Yoruba lived
- 15. Makes for a rich culture, but also a lot of tension
- 18. By many different African nations who each formed their own government
- 20. Where the traditionally rural Igbo lived
- 23. Part of Nigeria where the Igbo live
- 24. Practised by most Igbo and some Yoruba
- 27. Most of Nigeria's 250 ethnic groups speak
- 29. An important part of Hausa economy
- 30. When the Fulani people conquered the Hausa, they ________ their cultures
- 32. Living in the countryside, the Hausa-Fulani herd cattle and ____ peanuts and grain
- 34. Yoruba families live in _________
- 36. Part of Nigeria where the Yoruba live
- 39. Nigeria's second-largest ethnic group
- 40. Nigeria's econmy is dependent on ___
Down
- 1. Nigeria's largest ethnic group
- 3. War Because Igbo wanted to be independent, a ________ broke out in 1967 and ended in 1970, when they surrendered
- 4. Nigeria gained ____________ in 1960
- 5. First ________ in over 15 years, was held in May 29th 1999
- 10. Nigeria has the largest __________ in Africa
- 11. Part of Nigeria where the Hausa-Fulani live
- 16. Nigeria's third-largest ethnic group
- 17. The villages were ruled ______________, where the people elected a council
- 19. Nigeria's capital (1960-1991) was mostly populated by Yoruba people
- 20. Make up the companies and benefit, along with the government, from the oil
- 21. Having many ethnic groups living within a society, like Nigeria
- 22. Yoruba cities were ruled by _____ and densely populated with traders and artisans
- 25. 95% comes from oil
- 26. Practised by most Hausa-Fulani and some Yoruba
- 28. Necessary, but challenging due to different languages, religions, and economic resources
- 31. Abuja was located in the ______ which helped to unify the country as it had a huge ethnic diversity
- 33. One of the many trade cities built by the Hausa's in northern Nigeria
- 35. Were traded in West Africa by the Europeans in the 1400s
- 37. Obasanjo Was elected, and then re-elected in 2003
- 38. Official language of Nigeria