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**1. How many languages can Nigerians speak?** 400 languages because they learn the different language of their ethnic groups. The most common three are Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo. And places also called Hausaland, Yorubaland, and Igobland.


 * 2. Name two ways that West Africans make a living? ** One way that Africans make a living is that they farm and grow their own food. They also grow cash crops to sell around the village. Another way that West Africans make a living is fishing. West Africans fish along the coast, and then sell the fish. Another way that West Africans make a living is that they work in hospitals, hotels, or office building in big cities.

**__Vocabulary__** Sovereignty: Political independance Multiethenic: Means that many ethnic groups live within borders.
 * Cultural diffusion: ** cultural diffusion is the movement of customs and ideas.
 * desertification:** the changing of fertile land into land that is too dry for crops

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 * 3. What are Nigerias major ethnic groups in Nigeria?** The major ethnic groups of Nigeria are Fulani, Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. Hausa and Fulani combined to make Hausa Fulani, one ethnic group that makes up 32% of Nigerias people. Yoruba is the second biggest ethnic group in Nigeria, it makes up 20% of Nigerias people. Igbo is the third biggest ethnic group in Nigeria, there are still many more ethnic groups in Nigeria.



4. **How does desertification affect people living in the Sahel?** It is very hard for people living in the Sahel region of Africa because of desertification. During this everyday life, there is not much water to drink because all of the rivers dry up. Not to mention that the river doesn't rise. Every year, the river in Mali rises on July 1st, although lately it has not come until mid-July or early August. The region is also covered with tons of red sand, adding a reddish tint to eveything. It is very hard for Sahelians to live with the process of desertification going on.

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