D: 3/13/13A: East Africa NotesS: What troubles face East Africa today?H: Apartheid Packet Due Tomorrow

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Word of the DayWord

NaturePreserve

Definition

Land set aside by the

government to protect plants and

wildlife.

Sentence

Kenya is home to

many nature

preserves to protect

endangered species.

Picture

East Africa

I. Kenya

A. The coasts have white beaches and inland there are many nature preserves

B. The Great Rift Valley lies on a fault line with escarpments

C. It is warm year around with highland climate in the mountains

I. Kenya

D. They use a free enterprise system like the US but most people are poor farmers or herders. They grow corn, cassava, sweet potatoes and bananas. Tourists come to go on a Safari or the beach

E. Kenyans believe in harambee or working together despite their ethnicity. Swahili was born from Arabic & African languages.

F. They won independence from England in 1963 and became a republic

II. Tanzania

A. Like Kenya has beaches but inland we find the Serengeti Plain. Mt. Kilimanjaro is covered in snow and the Great Rift Valley cuts through the country. Three island made of coral name Mombasa, Zanzibar and Pembia belong to Tanzania

B. 80% of the people farm or herd. They grow coffee, cotton, tea, tobacco, and sisal. They make cement, soap and textiles.

II. Tanzania

C. Tourist come to see the Serengeti National Park

D. The earliest human remains have been found here.

E. Music, dancing and BBQ is important to these people.

III. Inland East Africa

A. Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi are landlocked countries with high mountians and moderate climate

B. Most people grow coffee, tea & plantainsC. Uganda is a republic that is suffering from

AIDSD. Rwanda & Burundi have had to deal with a

harsh civil war between the Hutus & Tutsis

IV. The Horn of Africa

A. Sudan1. The largest country in Africa use the Nile to

irrigate the land for farming2. Cotton, sheep and gold are exported.3. Currently a civil war rages in Darfur

B. Ethiopia1. Has lots of farmland and is said to be the original

home of coffee2. They have a rich culture of Hebrew & Arabic

IV. The Horn of Africa

C. Eritrea1. Broke from Ethiopia in 1993 with an army made of

mostly womenD. Djibouti

1. Sits where 3 plates meet. 2. One of the hottest & driest place on earth thus nomadic

herdingE. Somalia

1. Grows sugarcane & bananas 2. Fighting between clans has caused civil wars and makes

it hard to help those who need food in the country