East Africa Geography
The Nile River has two sets of headwaters. What are they called?
White Nile and Blue Nile
Biodiversity
a group of related people descended from the same ancestor
Clan
using force or threats
measures how many people live in a geographical area
Population Density
The river that can power the entire continent of Africa if it was used correctly
The Congo River
illegal hunting or capturing wild animals
poaching
culture
True or False: Colonization is an event, not a structure.
False!
growing crops to feel themselves and their families is called
subsistence farming
land drained by a river and its tributaries
Watershed
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape violence and persecution is called a
refugee
A group of people who share culture, national, and religious backgrounds is called
Who is responsible for the colonization of current day Democratic Republic of Congo?
King Leopold II
continuous geographic trenches that runs through East Africa
Area of grasslands mixed with trees and shrubs
Savanna
nomadic ethnic group of northern Tanzania and Southern Kenya
Masai
potential means
the possibility that something will happen in the future
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is an East African novelist who wrote what book?
Weep Not, Child.
Describe desertification
the process by which agricultural land is turned into desert during long periods of drought and land misuse.
The Eastern part of Central Africa runs along ________ and features rugged mountain rages and long, narrow lakes.
What is imperialism?
the action by which one nation is able to control another smaller and weaker nation
Use the terms "slash and burn" and "biodiversity" in a sentence together.
Varied answers
Popular form of music that combines African Arab and Italian elements
Tarab