Maasai tribe and Kenya Flashcards
What is the official name of Kenya?
The Republic of Kenya (English) Jamhuri ya Kenya (Swahili).
What is the capital of Kenya?
Nairobi
What is the population in Kenya?
45,010,056
What is the official language?
Swahili
What is the currency in Kenya?
Kenyan Shillings
What are the major mountains called?
Aberdare & Mau Escarpment
What are the climates in Kenya?
Warm/Hot
What is the climate along the coast?
Tropical
What does developing countries mean?
Countries that are weak
What does developed country mean?
Countries that are rich
What is the theory of continental drift?
- 200 million years ago continence where merged together.
- The continence then moved apart.
- That is how the continence are in their current locations.
What is the evidence for the theory?
- There were fossils from the same place but in different Continents.
- Physically fit together like a jigsaw.
What is Kenya’s current location in Africa?
- Kenya is located in east Africa.
- It borders in Indian Ocean.
- The country lies on the equator.
- Borders five countries Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda and Somalia.
What does MEDC mean?
More Economically Developed Country
What does LEDC stand for?
Less Economically Developed Country
What does the blue bar chart represent?
How much rainfall
What does the red line represent?
Temperature
What are the bad things of living in Nairobi?
Bad
/ Shanty Settlements
/ Share Food
/ Share Jobs
What are the good things of living in Nairobi?
Good
/ More Jobs
/ Good Food
/ Lots Of Houses
What are the bad things of living in Kibra?
Bad
/ Houses built close to each other
/ A few homes have no electricity or no sewage.
What are the good things of living in Kibra?
Good
/ People care for each other
/ Good community
What is it called when people move to the countryside to the city?
Migrates
Why do people move from Kibra to Nairobi?
/ Kibra is poor / Dirty / Poor property and living standards / Nairobi is a capital city / More richer than Kibra / More jobs
What are the features of Maasai Houses?
/ The frame is made from wooden poles / Its structure is made from cow dung / Grass is used for the roof / There is a narrow door / There is no wi dow or chimney
How do Maasai dress?
/ Men wear bright collared blankets
/ Women wear length of cloth
/ Women shave there heads
/ Women wear beads around their neck
What are Maasai diet?
Meet, milk mixed with cows
How do they keep clean?
Teeth are cleaned with sticks.
They use animal fat to clean themselves.
They use sweet smelling grass for perfume.
What are the lines of latitude?
east to west
What are the lines of longitude?
north to south
What do women work as?
They collect sticks to make fire
They make jewellery
What do men work as?
They protect the animals