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E a s t A f r i c a

   **// What are the major religions in East Africa? //** Islam and Christianity are the main religions in the region. Islam was introduced into East Africa by Arab traders. The Romans introduced Christianity into some of their North African territories. **The picture to the right**   ·  What was Tanzania like in the past 2,000 years. Tanzania’s location has made it a center of trade. The people on the coast of East Africa traded with the Romans, ancient Greeks, Arabs and Persians. Tanzania has been ruled mostly by Arabs, Germans and British. The British named the area Tanganyika which became independent in 1961. In 1964 it joined with the island Zanzibar to form Tanzania. This is lake Tanganyika. I choose this because the British called what is Tanzania now Tanganyika.http://www.britannica.com/eb/art/print?id=51877&articleTypeId=0
 * This is a picture of the Crescent Moon of Islam. I have chosen this picture because Islam is a major religion in East Africa. ****[|www.mrdowling.com/605-islam.html] **

1. A**__ plantation __** is a large farm where cash crops are. 2. __Monastery__  is a place where priests live, work, and study.

Some resources used for this Wiki page were World Explorer Eastern Hemisphere geography and a picture from http://www.britannica.com/eb/art/print?id=51877&articleTypeld=0.

Question # 3

What are things importaint to East Africas.

This major launguage/culture is importaint to many East Africans who are Swahili. Swahili is an African Culture. Swahili is a mixture of Bantu and European. A high percentage of the East Africans are Swahili. Second East African people have a strong devotion to where they grew up.Many people always think of their village as the place they grew up. These are some things importaint to East Africans.

Vocabulary # 3

What is an extended family ?

An extended familly is a family of all differnt kinds of relitives. An extended family is the opposite of a nucler or direct family.

I used the Eastern Hemisphere text book for research.

Eastern Africa Question:  Why is Eastern Africa so poor? The reason is that there isn’t lots of economy in Eastern Africa. Also people don’t attempt to add on to the economy, therefore they stay poor.  Definitions: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #17365d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #17365d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191">Migrate: to move from place to place <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #17365d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #17365d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191"> this picture was found on <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/abolition/images/youngboy_tcm4-402290.jpg i picked it because it represents the poor africans in East africa.