Geography
This land feature resembles a giant scar.
The Great Rift Valley
This is when one country takes over another's culture and trade.
Imperialism
This is an overland journey to view African wildlife.
Safari
This was a major religion in Egypt and parts of North Africa.
Islam
This river flows north to the Mediterranean Sea
The Nile River
This is the highest mountain in Africa.
Mount Kilimanjaro
This is an island that became an international slave-trading center.
Zanzibar
This term means the intentional destruction of a people.
Genocide
Some lakes are so ___ that no people can swim in them.
Hot
This religion believes that the natural world contains spirits.
Animism
This stretch of land in Tanzania includes a national park to protect animals.
The Serengeti Plain
This is where Christian churches were built.
Lalibela
This is energy produced from the heat of Earth's interior.
Geothermal
East Africa is located on the ___ Sea and the ___ Ocean.
These are periods of time when little rain falls and crops are damaged.
Droughts.
This is Africa's largest lake.
Lake Victoria
This is the official language of Rwanda, Burundi, and Djibouti.
French
In Rwanda, a conflict between these two groups led to a genocide.
Hutu and Tutsi
The economies of both Kenya and Tanzania rely on ____ and ___.
Tourism and agriculture
These are places on Earth's surface where the crust stretches until it breaks.
Rift valleys
Some lake provide algae for these animals.
Flamingos
After European slavery ended in the 1800's, they focused instead on trading what? (Name 2 of 3)
Gold, ivory, and rubber.
This East African country was never colonized.
Ethiopia
_____ and ____ conflicts have led to unrest and violence in some areas of the region.
Political and ethnic
This is the most widely spoken language in the region.
Swahili