Chapter 16 - East Africa Facts

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imperialism

the taking over of another country's government, trade, & culture - building an EMPIRE - colonization

drought

times when little rain falls & crops are killed, has led to famine in East African countries

savanna

1 of the 4 climate zones in East Africa, a tropical ___, has tall grasses & scattered trees

Victoria

Lake ___ borders Uganda, Kenya, & Tanzania & is Africa's largest lake

religions

___ in East Africa are Christianity, Islam, & Animism

slaves

___ were taken from East Africa, like in western/central Africa, but these forced workers didn't come to our continent

Kenya

a country popular with tourists, who come there to go on safaris & gaze at the animals

desert

a dry climate found on the Horn of Africa & the northern part of Sudan

safari

an overland trip to view wildlife

cities

Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Kampala, & Mogadishu are all capital ___ in East Africa

France

Djibouti was a colony of this European country

Somalia

East African country hurt by violence, drought, lack of government, & where American troops died in the 1990s

European

Ethiopia was the only East African country NOT colonized by a ___ country

Tanzania

Kenya & ___ have over 2 million tourists a year, looking at the animals there

capital

Khartoum, Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Kampala, Kigali, & Mogadishu are all ____ cities in East Africa

Lake Victoria

___ borders Uganda, Kenya, & Tanzania & is Africa's largest lake

Europe

countries from this continent divided up East Africa as colonies

Rwanda

country where around 800,000 were killed in about 100 days in 1994

Eritrea

former Italian colony that broke away from Ethiopia in 1993, bordering the Red Sea

Hutu Tutsi

in 1994 the __ & __ ethnic groups fought in Rwanda, where over .5 million died, mostly by machete

highland

in the ___ climate in places like Ethiopia, the temperature drops the higher you go up mountains

temperature

in the highland climate, the ____ drops the higher you go up a mountain

South Sudan

name of the newest country in Africa, created in 2011 from a part of Sudan

Ethiopia

only East African country NOT colonized by a European country

Great Rift Valley

physical feature in East Africa, the ____ is formed as continental plates pull apart

Djibouti

small, dry, flag country in East Africa that was a French colony

Swahili

some East Africans speak this language, not a European language

languages

some of the ___ spoken in East Africa include English, French, Swahili, Somali, & Amharic

Nile

the Blue ___ & White ___ combine & flow north

north

the Nile River flows this direction, toward the Mediterranean Sea

Serengeti

the ___ Plain in Tanzania is a grassland with animals like giraffes, lions, cheetahs, gazelles, etc.

Red Sea

the ___ is water that borders Sudan & Eritrea

terrorist

the al Qaeda ___ group, led by Osama bin Laden, attacked American government buildings in Kenya & Tanzania in 1998 with a bomb, killing 200+

Christian

the civil war in Sudan/SouthSudan was between religions (Islam vs ___) & ethnicity (Arab vs Black Africans)

ethnocentrism

the feeling of one ethnic group that thinks its culture & way of life is superior to others

genocide

the intentional destruction of a certain kind of people (like 1994 Rwanda)


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