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What is the percentage of the country’s labor force

that uses farming?

70%

What supports tropical crops?

Diverse climate and water.

Complete the following: Farms make___of the

food form___of Nigeria’s land.

80%; 30%

Jeopardy Question: Corn, Rice, Yams, Cocoa,

Peanuts, Cassava and Sorghum.

What are the crops of Nigeria?

What makes the production of yam hard?

Weeding, planting, staking and harvesting

makes the production of yams hard.

What does yam represent in Things Fall Apart and why is it so

significant?

Yam represents the masculinity. Yam is hard to produce, therefore, only

strong man can harvest yam.

What does the New Yam Festival celebrate?

New Yam is celebrated in August by offering yams to

gods and distributing among people.

Name at least two yam food in Nigeria and describe.

Ojoj o (water yams are cut up and fried in oil), Asaro (yams are peeled and cubed and cooked with ground

tomatoes, peppers, meat and spices), or Amala (ground and dried the yams and then boiled in water until it has a smooth structure).

What are kola nuts?

A common tree in Africa that is bitter and contains.

To whom did Nigeria trade peanuts and cocoa

European nations

Complete the following: Nigeria produces___of world’s cocoa when its potential is about_____.

5%; 10%

Name at least two food in Nigeria and describe.

Puff-Puff (frying a dough mixture into circular balls dipped in

sugar), Suya (Pieces of meat spiced up and baked over a grill with vegetables), or Fun fun (mad by drying cassava and making it into a powder. Then it is mixed into boiling water to a smooth texture)