Chapter Test of East Africa

The East African country of Rwanda is landlocked.

• True

• False

The Nile River has two sets of headwaters: the Blue Nile and the White Nile.

• True

• False

Well-known wildlife reserves are located on the Sudanese Plain, an area of tropical grasslands larger than the state of Connecticut.

• True

• False

The first Europeans to interact with the East African trading cities were the Dutch.

• True

• False

Folktales and fables are part of East Africa’s oral tradition.

• True

• False

nomadic ethnic group of northern Tanzania and southern Kenya

• Ngugi wa Thiong’o

• oral tradition

• Masai

• clan

• tarab

popular form of music that combines African, Arab, and Italian elements

• Ngugi wa Thiong’o

• oral tradition

• Masai

• clan

• tarab

leading East African novelist who wrote Weep Not, Child

• Ngugi wa Thiong’o

• oral tradition

• Masai

• clan

• tarab

group of related people descended from the same ancestor

• Ngugi wa Thiong’o

• oral tradition

• Masai

• clan

• tarab

stories, fables, and family histories passed on by word of mouth

• Ngugi wa Thiong’o

• oral tradition

• Masai

• clan

• tarab