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C. Freetown, the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, was established by a British abolitionist in 1792 as a settlement for freed African American, West Indian, liberated African slaves. Monrovia is the capital of Liberia, Sierra Leone’s southeastern neighbor. It was named after U.S. President James Monroe, part of a group which created Liberia as a colony for freed African American slaves.
D. Half of Sierra Leone’s labor force grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on small farms. Overall, agriculture employs 61.1% of the nation’s workers, compared with 5.5% employed by industry and 33.4% by services. Cocoa beans, diamonds and lumber are major exports of Sierra Leone.
B. Nigeria has a population of 211 million people, and it is a major oil producer. While Nigeria is the world’s eighth-largest oil exporter, 40% of its people still live in poverty. More than a thousand Nigerians have died in explosions tied to siphoning fuel from pipelines. Hundreds more have died while collecting fuel from leaking tankers in Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A. Liechtenstein’s GDP per person is $139,100 a year compared with just $700 in Burundi. The majority of people in sub-Saharan Africa live on less than $5.50 a day, and millions of them survive on less than $1.90 a day.