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?!