Africa.Would you pay $200 for an iPod nano A flash-based digital music player from Apple, introduced in 2005. Like larger iPod models, the nano has a color screen. Although the nano name suggests ultra-small "nanotechnology," the iPod shuffle is actually smaller. See iPod. ? That's what many people did during the recent holiday season. Yet in much of Africa, $200 is all that many families earn in an entire year. Severe poverty forces millions of African children to work so that their families can survive. Even in Nigeria, the fifth-largest oil producer in the world, millions of children do backbreaking back·break·ing adj. Demanding great exertion; arduous and exhausting. back  break work. Why? Previous military governments mismanaged the economy. As a result, 66 percent of Nigeria's population earns less than $1 a day. This makes Nigeria one of the 20 poorest countries in the world. Child labor child labor, use of the young as workers in factories, farms, and mines. Child labor was first recognized as a social problem with the introduction of the factory system in late 18th-century Great Britain. is not just a problem in Africa. Child laborers exist in every country, even in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . But the number of children doing hard labor HARD LABOR, punishment. In those states where the penitentiary system has been adopted, convicts who are to be imprisoned, as part of their punishment, are sentenced to perform hard labor. in Africa is staggering. Take a look at this economic map of Africa. It color-codes each country according to its per capita [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. gross domestic product (GDP GDP (guanosine diphosphate): see guanine. ). That figure is not what the average person in each country makes. Rather, it is the total amount of money the country earns in a year, divided by its population. Nigeria's per capita GDP is $1,400 a year. Somalia's is even lower--only $600 a year. By comparison, the U.S. per capita GDP is $41,800 a year. Use the map and above information to answer the questions. Questions 1. A pair of brand-name sneakers sneakers Noun, pl US, Canad, Austral & NZ canvas shoes with rubber soles sneakers npl (US) → zapatos mpl de lona; zapatillas fpl is bought for $100 in the U.S. That is about what fraction of Somalia's per capita GDP? -- 2. In which of the world's countries do children work? -- 3. What percentage of Nigeria's population earns less than $365 a year? -- 4. The largest number of African countries fall into which economic group shown on the map? -- 5. What is the highest per capita GDP range shown on this map? -- 6. Which two African countries are in the wealthiest category? -- 7. David, the boy miner in the article, lives in Tanzania. That country's per capita GDP falls into which group? -- 8. The countries with the lowest per capita GDP are in what -- geographical part of Africa? -- 9. Figures are not available for which place? -- 10. What is the source of this map's data? -- 1. one sixth 2. all countries 3. 66 percent 4. lowest (per capita GDP of less than $2,000 a year) 5. $12,000 to $13,100 6. South Africa and Mauritius 7. less than $2,000 8. central 9. Western Sahara 10. The World Factbook 2005 (Central Intelligence Agency) |
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