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T a n Z a n I a

T a n Z a n I a. Native Animals. Phylum Chordata Hippopotamus Phylum Arthropoda Coconut Crab Phylum Cnideria Portuguese Man of War Phylum Mollusca Giant African Land Snail Phylum Echinodermata Red Knobbed Sea Star. HIPOPOTAMUS. O ne of the most aggressive animals on Earth

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T a n Z a n I a

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  1. T a n Z a n I a

  2. Native Animals • Phylum Chordata • Hippopotamus • Phylum Arthropoda • Coconut Crab • Phylum Cnideria • Portuguese Man of War • Phylum Mollusca • Giant African Land Snail • Phylum Echinodermata • Red Knobbed Sea Star

  3. HIPOPOTAMUS • One of the most aggressive animals on Earth • Tusks sharpen themselves • Kill more humans every year than sharks • Herbivores • Stomachs can’t digest meat yet are cannibalistic

  4. MAP -- TANZANIA

  5. AGRICULTURE

  6. PERCENTAGES • Creates over 50% of income. • Provides employment for ¾ of population. • 97% of Tanzania’s food from agriculture. • Over 75% is fruit, vegetable, or spice.

  7. EXPORTS • Main export is coffee • Clove • Cashews • Tea • Tobacco • Cotton

  8. Fruits • Mangoes • Passion Fruit • Usually exported as fresh • Sometimes exported as dried and packaged

  9. P O P U L A T I O N

  10. 48 MILLION PEOPLE

  11. DEMOGRAPHICS DENSITY DISTRIBUTION 55 people per square mile Over 50% live in the west Most live in poverty Over 50% live in rural area

  12. ECONOMY

  13. What is a Socialist Economy?

  14. Their form of currency is the Tanzanian Shilling

  15. GDP $28.25 billion

  16. G o v e r n m e n t

  17. F A C T S System Capital • Constitutional Republic • Tanzania has 2 • Dar es Salaam (Administrative) • Dodoma (Legislative)

  18. Jakaya Kikwete Elected 2005 Serves a 5 year term Next election 2015 4th president

  19. Culture • Swahili is official Language • 99% of the population is African • Over 130 Bantu tribes in Tanzania • 1/3 of the population is Muslim • 1/3 of the population is Christian • 1/3 of the population hold their own native religions • Gained independence from Britain in 1961

  20. Climate • Contains tropical wet and Tropical Dry • Has dry and wet season instead of winter and summer • Less than 4 inches of rain in dry season • 30-40 inches in wet season

  21. Great Migration

  22. The largest migration in the world • Caused by change in season • Animals migrate to find food • 2 million animals migrate each year • Over 100 thousand animals die every year

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