Wednesday, September 23, 2009

WH Blog Assignment #27

a. Tell me about Kenya's geography/landscape.savannas


b. Where is Kenya? What's the capital?nairobi east africa


c. What lies WEST of Nairobi?Great Rift valley


d. Tell me about the animals in Kenya. What's set up to protect them?elephants,lions,cheetas,giraffes,hippos, zebras, rhinos and more. more than 50 reserves


e. What 2 bodies of water is Kenya located between? How does this affect the culture there?indian ocean and lake victoria/ diverse culture and many ethnic groups and languages.


f. Significance of N. Kenya & Tanzania?may have been the original birthplace of humans


g. Tell me about slavery there in 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s.kidnapped and taken as slaves by arabs an dby the 1800 slavery was outlawed


h. How many languages/ethnic groups are there?more than 60
languages and 40 ethnic groups

i. Tell me about the kids & school.school is free and many children are to busy to go


j. What are some important parts of Kenyan culture?music and storytelling


k. What's the current government of Kenya like?its a republic judiciary


l. Official name? Form of Gov't? Population? Official Languages?republic of kenya/republic/33830000/ swahili english

m. Money? Mountain Ranges? Major rivers?
kenya shilling/abderare range, mau escarpment/athi,galana,tana



Photo 1-archaeologist looking at bones in kenya
archaeologist discover fossils in northern kenya

Photo 2-africian women with jewelry
masai women reveal personal information with their jewelry

Photo 3 -people taking pictures of lions
tourist in kenya watch 2 lions

Photo 4 -a city
nairobi in africa found in 1899

Photo 5 -lake victoria
lake victoria is the largest lake in africa

Photo 6 -the flag (kenya)

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