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31 Cards in this Set
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Consist |
To be made up of |
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Rift |
Separated from one another |
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Desertification |
Process by which agricultural land is turned into a desert |
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Hydroletic power |
Production of electricity through the use of falling water |
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Geothermal energy |
Energy from underground heat sources such as hot springs and steam |
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Serengeti Plain |
Consist Tropical savanna grasslands |
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Great Rift Valley |
Series of large valleys and depressions in Earth's surface |
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The civilization known as Kush arose in Nubia around year |
1050 bc |
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Around(blank) Kush was conquered by the powerful state called aksum located in what is now ethopia |
Ad 350 |
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Aksum was pssibly established around |
1000 bc |
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Arabs settled on the East African coast of the Indian Ocean and founded the trade city of kila in the |
Ad 900s |
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What were Portugal's main motives in East Africa |
Christiany should replace Islam |
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A system of large valley formed by faults that runs north to south for 4,000 miles through East Africa |
Great Rift Valley |
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The main branch of the Great rift system that runs through Ethopia Kenya and Tanzania |
Eastern rift |
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The branch of the Great Rift system that traces an arc south from the Ethiopian highlands |
Western rift |
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A volcano that is also the tallest mountain in Africa |
Kilimanjaro |
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The mountain range that divides Uganda from the democratic of Congo |
Ruwenzori Mountain |
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The longest river in the world |
The nile |
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The swampy wetlands in South Sudan that was the focus of the Jonglei canal project in the late 1970s |
Sudd |
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The largest lake in Africa and the second largest freshwater lake in the world |
Lake Victoria |
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A lake that lies on the boundary between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo that is the second deepest lake in the world |
Lake Tanganyika |
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The third largest of the East African Rift Valley Lake that forms on the boundary between Mullally Tanzania and Mozambique |
Lake Malawi |
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Which countries in East Africa have high temperatures for much of the year |
Sudan Djibouti somala |
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Which countries have highlands with a spring like climate year round |
Kenya Uganda |
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Which two countries have 2 rainy seasons the long rains of April and May and the short rains of October and November |
Kenya Tanzania have 2 rainy seasons |
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Which country suffered one of the worst draughts in its history into 2011 |
Somalia |
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What two countries have experience decertification over the past 50 years |
North Sudan and South Sudan |
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Complete the list of natural resources found in East Africa |
1 to 3 flashcards |
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Mineral resources |
Gold gemstone lumber salt and tin |
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Energy resources |
Hydroelectricity geothermal energy coal oil and petroleum |
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Wildlife |
Lions leopards cheetah giraffe zebras elephant antelopes |
