east africa! chapter #23. i. natural environments a. landforms & water what has shaped the land?...
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East Africa!Chapter #23
I. Natural Environments
A. Landforms & WaterWhat has shaped the land?
Rift valleys?
Lake Victoria?
Mt. Kilimanjaro?
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Source/s of the Nile?
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B. Climates & Natural Resources
Factors that determine climate? (2)
Weather?
Tsetse fly?
Oil?
Gems?
Fertile Soil?
Scenery?
II. History & Culture
A. Early HistoryOlduvai Gorge?
Written records of history?
B. Arab Connections
Arab influence in East Africa?
Ivory?
Swahili?
Swahili
Spoken throughout the southern-half of Africa
hakuna matata = no problem or no worries
Other Swahili Examples from Disney’s “Lion King?”
Safari = journey
Kwanzaa = first or beginning
C. European Influence
Europeans in East Africa?
European colonization?
Cash crops?Sisal?
Independence of Africa?
Eritrea?Independence from
Ethiopia in 1993
D. Culture
Culture Groups? (3) Language
Arab traditions?
Traditional religion?
Other religions?
III. The Region Today
A. Economic DevelopmentGum arabic?
Developed or developing economies?
Ethiopian economy?
Highest per capita GDP?
Population?
B. Issues & Challenges
Effects of population growth?
Genocide?Rwanda—One Hundred Days of Slaughter?
Hutus and Tutsis
Somalia---Who’s in charge?!