World Geography Name: ________________________
Ch. 23 Notes Wkst. Due Date: _____________________
Mr. Botkin Period: _________

Directions: Complete this outline by writing a response in each blank. One word per blank. The answers may be found by reading sections of chapter 23 in your textbook. Start reading on page 518. DO NOT LOSE THIS SHEET!!!

“EAST AFRICA”

I. LANDFORMS AND WATER
A. _________ processes have played an important role in shaping physical landscape of region which resulted in the formation of two _____ valleys, and _______________ and ________________ that lie along these rifts
B. Major river is the _________ which has _______ sources
1. ________ Nile begins the highlands of northern _____________
2. ________ Nile begins in Lake ______________
3. Two rivers join in northern _____________
II. CLIMATE, BIOMES, AND NATURAL RESOURCES
A. Major influences on climate are ________ and variations in __________
1. Along the _____________, distinct wet and dry seasons alternate
2. Farther from the equator, to the north and south, ______________ _______________ are more common
3. High Ethiopian plateau is __________ and _______________
B. Natural Resources
1. Region is not rich in __________ or _______________ resources
2. ___________ are also not productive
III. EARLY HISTORY
A. Little ____________ remains of earliest ___________ because instead
of keeping _____________ records, most families kept ______ histories
which were passed from one _________________ to the next
B. Arab Connections
1. Arab ____________ began sailing along Africa’s ____________ Ocean coast about _______ years ago
2. Established ports for _____________ gold and ivory that Africans
brought from the ________________
IV. EUROPEAN INFLUENCE
A. 1500s: _________________ built the first European _________ on the ____________ of East Africa
B. Mid-1800s: ________________ and ___________________ explorers began to move ______________
C. Late 1800s: ___________________ powers scrambled to claim territory
1. Drew colonial ____________________ without giving thought to Africa’s ___________ or __________________ geography
a. ______________ ethnic groups
b. ______________ traditional enemies
c. Some _______________ access to ___________
2. Quickly established ____________________
3. Products from African ___________ and ___________________ supplied ___________________ economies
V. CULTURE
A. Region includes several hundred _______________ ______________
B. People who follow ________ traditions live mostly along the _________
Ocean coast
C. Traditional religions include ____________________ but there are also __________________ and ________________
VI. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
A. Agriculture
1. Basis of economies are ______________ and _______________
2. Important _______ crops are beans, corn, rice, sorghum, & wheat
3. Farmers grow an increasing number of _________ crops such as
coffee, cotton, sugarcane, and tea
4. Few large ________________ farms and __________________
B. Industry and Economic Change
1. All countries in region have ____________________ economies
2. Most of the exports are _______ _________________
3. Region imports many _______________________ __________
4. Progress is slow because of government’s __________________
and ___________ population growth
5. ______________ has great potential for economic growth
VII. URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
A. Nairobi, Kenya, has a ________________ ________ within its city limits
B. Cities are ___________ growing with ___________________________ and glittering _________________________
1. Run-down buildings and slums often _______________ the cities
2. More people __________ to the cities than there are __________
VIII. ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
A. Overpopulation contributes to widespread ________________
B. Not enough __________ to go around
C. _________ services & _______________ opportunities are spread thin
D. Ethnic _____________ present problems
1. Often central to these conflicts are _____________ over _______
and ________ distribution of government ________ and _______
2. Sudan: torn by _______ between the ____________ government and the _____________ and _____________________ peoples of the south as the government has tried to force _____________ and ____________ ways of life on the peoples of southern Sudan
3. Have even led to ________________ (intentional destruction of a
people) such as ___________________ in 1994 where the more numerous ___________ tried to wipe out the ____________