Eastern Africa

Besides location to the equator, what other factors can influence climate?

• altitude
• plant life
• ocean currents
• gold

What is the largest lake in East Africa?

• Lake Victoria
• Lake Edward
• Lake Albert
• Lake Tanganyika

What is the Great Rift Valley?

• a huge crack in the earth’s surface with fertile farmland
• a huge crack in the earth’s surface with a desert in the middle
• a huge crack in the earth’s surface with  the Nile river in the middle
• a huge crack in the earth’s surface where nobody has ever visited

_________is a language spoken by many East Africans. 

• Swahili
• Zulu
• Ashanti
• Japanese

Mount Kilimanjaro is a volcano.

• true
• false

1994 the Rwandan presidents plane was shot down. 

• true
• false

The Rwandan Genocide lasted for 100 days and about 1 million people were slaughtered.

• true
• false

A person who kills animals illegally. 

• Famine
• Game Reserve
• Poacher

What is the name of the largest rift on Earth that runs through East Africa?

• Ethiopian Highlands
• Zambian Rift
• Great Rift Valley
• Hidden Valley

An urgent issue in East Africa is _____, which is the process by which agricultural land is turned into desert.

• urbanization
• desertification
• irrigation
• defoliation