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=East Africa =

= =  Cultural Questions -How are the religions in East Africa alike and different? Answer-Both Islam and Christianity have huge populations in East and North Africa. Islam’s came into East Africa by Arab traders. The roman’s introduced into North Africa, but later it spread into Ethiopia. Later Europeans brought even more Christianity to Eastern Europe. Tradition still remains alive in East Africa.

http://www.afropop.org/img/ea/m/easafmap.gif -How is the culture of East Africa unique? Answer-The Swahili culture is an important one in East Africa and it is the second language to about 49 million East Africans. It is common in East Africa for people to know three languages and it is greatly culturaly diverse.

 -Where do Africans most feel comfortable to live? Answer-Most Africans like to live where they grew up or the farm land. East Africa is becoming more urban, but still people that live in the city says it is still not home. if asked where an African was born they would name there village of his or her family. = = =Vocabulary Terms = Plantation- A large farm where cash crops are grown. Swahili- A mix of African and Arab ancestory and is also a language that is mostly Bantu, but has many Arabic words. Tradition- A practice or way of doing something passed from one generation to the next.

http://shop1.actinicexpress.co.uk/shops/AlternativeGifts/index.php?cat=Alternative_Gifts  Information Sources __World Explorer Eastern Hemisphere.__ "Regional Perspectives." Exploring Africa. 2 Mar. 2008 < http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/images/east_africa.jpg > http://shop1.actinicexpress.co.uk/shops/AlternativeGifts/index.php?cat=Alternative_Gifts http://www.afropop.org/img/ea/m/easafmap.gif

East Africa

Question--- Who are the Swahili Answer--- The Swahili are Africans who have mixed African and Arab ancestory. They live along the East coast along Somalia to Mozambique

here is a picture of East africa

Vocab Plantation---a plantation is a large farm where cash crops are grown.

World Expoler Eastern Hemphishere and wiki pictures

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