1. Section 1: Natural Environments Section 2: History and Culture
CHAPTER 23
East Africa
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today

2. Question: What landforms, rivers and lakes are found in East Africa?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What landforms, rivers and lakes are found in East Africa?

3. Natural Environments SECTION 1 Lakes Rivers Landforms
• Lake Malawi (tectonic)
• Lake Tanganyika (tectonic)
• Lake Victoria (depression on plateau)
• Lake Albert (depression on plateau)
• Lake Turkana (tectonic)
Rivers
Landforms
• Blue Nile (flows from Ethiopian highlands)
• White Nile (flows from Lake Victoria)
• Nile (combined flows of Blue and White Nile)
• Great Rift Valley (tectonic)
• Kilimanjaro (volcanic)
• Ethiopian highlands (volcanic)
• Sudd (water from White Nile)

4. What physical process created the rift valleys of East Africa?
Tectonic processes caused the land to lift and crack
rift valley elongated depression, trough, or graben in the earth's crust, bounded on both sides by normal faults and occurring on the continents or under the oceans.

5. SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
Who are the important peoples in East Africa’s early history?

6. Early History of East Africa
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Early History of East Africa
• no written histories
• oral tradition
Earliest Peoples
• controlled much of the Nile
• capital at Meroë, world’s largest cluster of pyramids
Kush
• conquered the Kush
• controlled western Arabia
• adopted Christianity
Aksum
• sailed along coast, established ports for trade
• Swahili developed from trade
Arabs

7. Kingdom of Kush controlled much of the Nile
capital at Meroë, world’s largest cluster of pyramids

8. Aksum kingdom conquered the Kush • controlled western Arabia
adopted Christianity

9. Arabs Conquered Arabs sailed along coast, established ports for trade
Swahili developed from trade
Cash crops start being cultivated and sold at these ports.
Ex: coffee, cotton and sisal (strong durable plant-used to make rope)

10. Early History of East Africa
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Early History of East Africa
• no written histories
• oral tradition
Earliest Peoples
• controlled much of the Nile
• capital at Meroë, world’s largest cluster of pyramids
Kush
• conquered the Kush
• controlled western Arabia
• adopted Christianity
Aksum
• sailed along coast, established ports for trade
• Swahili developed from trade
Arabs

11. Question: What are the region’s largest cities? The Region Today
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What are the region’s largest cities?

12. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Headquarters of regional organizations

13. Nairobi, Kenya
Region’s most important commercial center

14. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
vital seaport, transportation hub

15. Khartoum and Omdurman, Sudan
largest cities in Sudan, face each other across Nile

16. The Region Today SECTION 3 City Description Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
largest city and capital of Ethiopia, headquarters of regional organizations
Nairobi, Kenya
region’s most important commercial center
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
vital seaport, transportation hub
Khartoum and Omdurman, Sudan
largest cities in Sudan, face each other across Nile

17. Chapter Wrap-Up CHAPTER 23
How does elevation affect climate in East Africa?
Higher elevation will allow for cool, humid air.
2. What are two ways that Arab traders influenced East African languages and religion?
Arab traders traded along the ports and the African language Swahili grammar came about. The Swahili language is a mix of African and Arabic languages. Islam was spread throughout the region
Turn to pg in your book to answer question 3-5.

18. Think!!!!!
3. How have other cultures changed the traditional religions and diet of East Africa
4. What activities form the basis of the region’s economy?
5. Why does tourism hold great economic potential
6. Why are some of East Africa’s countries unstable.?
7. What is the population like in East African countries?