section 1: natural environments section 2: history and culture section 3: the region today
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Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
CHAPTER 23
East Africa
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:What landforms, rivers and lakes are found in East Africa?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
LakesLakes• Lake Malawi (tectonic)• Lake Tanganyika (tectonic)• Lake Victoria (depression on plateau)• Lake Albert (depression on plateau)• Lake Turkana (tectonic)
RiversRivers• Blue Nile (flows from
Ethiopian highlands)• White Nile (flows from Lake
Victoria)• Nile (combined flows of Blue
and White Nile)
LandformsLandforms• Great Rift Valley (tectonic)• Kilimanjaro (volcanic)• Ethiopian highlands
(volcanic)• Sudd (water from White
Nile)
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 rift valley elongated depression, trough, or graben in the earth's crust, bounded on both graben in the earth's crust, bounded on both sides by normal faults and occurring on the sides by normal faults and occurring on the continents or under the oceans.continents or under the oceans.
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:Who are the important peoples in East Africa’s early history?
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
Kingdom of Kush
• controlled much of the Nile
• capital at Meroë, world’s largest cluster of pyramids
Aksum kingdom
• conquered the Kush• • controlled western
Arabia• adopted Christianity
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)
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
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:What are the region’s largest cities?
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Headquarters of regional organizations
Nairobi, KenyaRegion’s most important commercial center
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
vital seaport, transportation hub
Khartoum and Omdurman, Sudanlargest cities in Sudan, face each other across Nile
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Nairobi, Kenya
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
largest city and capital of Ethiopia, headquarters of regional organizations
region’s most important commercial center
vital seaport, transportation hub
City Description
Khartoum and Omdurman, Sudan
largest cities in Sudan, face each other across Nile
1. 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
1. 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
CHAPTER 23
Chapter Wrap-Up
Turn to pg 522-525 in your book to answer question 3-5.
• 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
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