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Geography 6 (10)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Great Rift Valley | 4,000 miles |
| Mt.Kilimanjaro | 19,341 feet |
| Lake Victoria | #2 largest freshwater lake in the world |
| Lake Superior | #1 largest freshwater lake in the world |
| Lake Tanganyika | Worlds longest freshwater lake |
| desertification | land is turned into desert |
| hydroelectric power | powered by water |
| geothermal enery | underground heat |
| serengeti plain | National Park in Tanzania |
| Swahili | African language |
| King Ezana | 350 A.D christian |
| Ezana (Is-an-a) | 1st christian state in the world. |
| Imperialism | control of small/weak nation |
| genocide | slaughter of your enemy |
| refugees | mass of people leaving the country |
| population density | lots of people |
| clan | people in an area |
| Religions | Christian and Muslim |
| Ethiopians that are Christians | 60% |
| Subsistence farming | growing to survive, or feed yourself |
| oral tradition | passed on from mouth to mouth, generations on |
| Rhino | northern white rhino considered functionally extinct |
| Cheetah | found in Tanzania, and Kenya, fastest animal in the world. |
| Nile River | longest river in the world |
| Ark of the Covenant | holds the Ten Commandments and manna |
| Sudan | bordering Egypt, and Red Sea, South of the Sahara desert |
| Tanzania | borders Lake Victoria, and Lake Tanganyika, languages Swahili and English |