The+Casablanca+Girls~+East



/.\./.\./.\./.\./East Africa\./.\./.\./.\./.\./  

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Q: ** Why do East Africans speak so many languages?  
 * A: ** East Africa has many ethnic groups that **__migrated__** into it, such as the Bantus, who spoke many Bantu languages. Also, East Africa is along the Indian Ocean, which connects them to other people who live east of it, such as Arabs, Indians, and Asians. It even connects East Africa to China and Malaysia.


 * Q: ** What is ‘Swahili’?
 * A: ** Swahili is an ethnic group of mixed African/Arab __**ancestry**__. Swahili is also a Bantu language but has lots of Arabic vocabulary. Swahili is the first language of approximately 49 million people. Swahili people live along the east coast from about Somalia to Mozambique. The language Swahili is widely used for business and communication.

  **Q:** Why did East Africans change their ideas about land?

 **A:** East Africans changed their ideas about land because they had not considered individually owning land until the Europeans took control of Africa. They did not buy or sell land, but instead farmed it to produce food for the family. Europeans also introduced __**plantations** __ to Africans. With a plantation they learned that they could have a large farm to grow cash crops. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #006666; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cooper Black','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Verdana"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: NSimSun"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> **Q:** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> In which ways do Africans make a living?

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> **A:** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> Many East African farmers live in place where there is __**fertile**__ soil. They live in these areas so that they can grow plentiful crops. This is one factor that effects the way people make a living in East Africa. Others live and work in the city in order to make money. Many then probably send or bring the money home to the rural areas in which their families live.

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__migration-__ the movement of people from one country or region to another in order to make a new home __ancestry-__ family descent __plantation-__ large farm where cash crops are grown __fertile-__ good for growing crops __cash crops-__ crops grown speciffically for selling for money.
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__Sources__ Eastern Hemisphere Textbook