Kenya Flashcards
What is Kenya’s population?
54 million
What 5 countries border Kenya?
Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania
What line of latitude does Kenya lie on?
0 degrees
Which ocean surrounds Kenya?
The Indian Ocean
What are the colours of the Kenya flag?
Black
Red (red shield)
Green
what is the capital of Kenya?
Nairobi
what are slums?
They are in urban areas and are densely built and bad quality houses for people with not enough money for proper accommodation
How are the highlands separated?
By rift valley
What are some indicators of development?
GNP, Adult literacy rate, calorie intake, infant mortality rate, working in agriculture, average number of doctors
What is GNP?
Total value of goods and services provided by a country during a year
What is adult literacy rate?
The percentage of people 15+ who can read and write
What is calorie intake?
the average number of calories consumed per person per day
What is infant mortality rate?
The number of babies that die before they reach the age of 1. (out of 1000)
What is the average number of doctors?
the number of doctors per 1000 people
differences between Scotland and Kenya
The number of people in poverty, the average income, and the infant mortality rate.
similarities between Scotland and Kenya?
School uniform, subjects learnt at school, Education
What are needs and wants
needs - something that you must have to stay alive and healthy
wants - something not necessary to life.
examples of needs
shelter
health care
water
examples of wants
phone
watch
TV
Reasons why Scotland take clean wat er for granted
Easy access to it
We have more rainfall
We are not often taught that some people don’t have access to it
reasons why people are short of clean water
low rainfall
no easy access to water
less money to build reservoirs
What diseases can people get from open wells?
diarrhoea
trachoma
Guinea worm
fevers
stomach pain
advantages of a bore hole
prevents a lot of diseases
better quality water
takes less time to get the water
more education time
twice as deep
impacts of safe drinking water
disease is less common
access to important minerals
cooking can be safer
How can diarrhoea spread
germs come from - faeces
germs carried by flies and dirty hands
germs go into your food and water
we get diarrhoea when we eat the food with germs, dirty water and we put dirty hands in our mouths
diarrhoea treatment
drink lots of water
don’t eat too much
drink a lot of fruit juices and munkoyo
give ORS
how can you prevent disease?
cover food
wash hands
wash food
boil food
going to a toilet
wash hands after toilet
what is HIV
HIV ( human immunodeficiency virus ) is a DISEASE which leads to AIDS
What is AIDS
AIDS (auto immune deficiency syndrome) is not a disease and it stop the immune system from functioning.
3 reasons why high rate of HIV and AIDS in Kenya
don’t have right treatments and medicine
they don’t have condoms
no easy access to healthcare
percentage of people in Kenya with HIV and AIDS
10%
Consequences of HIV and AIDS
Less money to fight off other diseases
Less education
Malnutrition
meaning of urban
densely populated area
meaning of rural
sparsely population area
