1. D: 3/13/13
A: East Africa Notes
S: What troubles face East Africa today?
H: Apartheid Packet Due Tomorrow
w.o.d: Swahili
Warm-Up: Apartheid Brian Pop

2. Word of the Day
Word Definition Sentence Picture
Land set aside Kenya is
by the home to
Nature government
Preserve many
to protect
plants and
nature
wildlife. preserves to
protect
endangered
species.

3. East Africa

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. III. Inland East Africa
A. Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi are landlocked
countries with high mountians and moderate
climate
B. Most people grow coffee, tea & plantains
C. Uganda is a republic that is suffering from
AIDS
D. Rwanda & Burundi have had to deal with a
harsh civil war between the Hutus & Tutsis

9. IV. The Horn of Africa
A. Sudan
1. The largest country in Africa use the Nile to
irrigate the land for farming
2. Cotton, sheep and gold are exported.
3. Currently a civil war rages in Darfur
B. Ethiopia
1. Has lots of farmland and is said to be the original
home of coffee
2. They have a rich culture of Hebrew & Arabic

10. IV. The Horn of Africa
C. Eritrea
1. Broke from Ethiopia in 1993 with an army made of
mostly women
C. Djibouti
1. Sits where 3 plates meet.
2. One of the hottest & driest place on earth thus nomadic
herding
C. 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