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East Africa! Chapter #23

East Africa! Chapter #23. I. Natural Environments. A. Landforms & Water What has shaped the land? Rift valleys? Lake Victoria? Mt. Kilimanjaro? d. Source/s of the Nile? dfdf. B. Climates & Natural Resources. Factors that determine climate? (2) Weather?. Tsetse fly? Oil? Gems?

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East Africa! Chapter #23

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  1. East Africa!Chapter #23

  2. I. Natural Environments • A. Landforms & Water • What has shaped the land? • Rift valleys? • Lake Victoria? • Mt. Kilimanjaro? • d

  3. Source/s of the Nile? • dfdf

  4. B. Climates & Natural Resources • Factors that determine climate? (2) • Weather?

  5. Tsetse fly? • Oil? • Gems? • Fertile Soil? • Scenery?

  6. II. History & Culture • A. Early History • Olduvai Gorge? • Written records of history?

  7. B. Arab Connections • Arab influence in East Africa? • Ivory? • Swahili?

  8. 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

  9. C. European Influence • Europeans in East Africa? • European colonization? • Cash crops? • Sisal? • Independence of Africa? • Eritrea? • Independence from Ethiopia in 1993

  10. D. Culture • Culture Groups? (3) • Language • Arab traditions? • Traditional religion? • Other religions?

  11. III. The Region Today • A. Economic Development • Gum arabic? • Developed or developing economies? • Ethiopian economy? • Highest per capita GDP? • Population?

  12. B. Issues & Challenges • Effects of population growth? • Genocide? • Rwanda—One Hundred Days of Slaughter? • Hutus and Tutsis • Somalia---Who’s in charge?!

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