Kenya,Africa

1. Kenya,Africa By: Carlee phillips Taylor Hampton Mackenzie Burt

2. Important places and people Important people Important places • Wangari Maathai is important because she is a environmentalist and human rights activist. • Ngugi wa Thiong’o is the most influential writer. • Jomo Kenyatta was a Republican, a President and was Commonwealth. • Catherine Ndereba was the best Marathon Runner in the World. • Fourteen Waterfalls- a 27 meter high cascade on the Athi River which has a shape of a horseshoe. • City Park- The first public in Nairobi, established in 1904 • Ostrich Park- birds in different ages, nestlings and very old specimens live there.

3. Physical Features and Human and Physical Environment Physical Features Human and Physical Environment • Athi River is also known as Mavoko. • Lake Rudolf is also called Lake Turkana. • Lake Victoria is also called Victoria Nyanza. • Indian Ocean is a body of salt water stretching between Africa in the west, Australia in the east, Asia in the north, and Antarctica in the south. • They make money by coffee , hotels , sailing , history marks , restaurants.

4. Geographic Factors and Natural Resources and Culture Geographic Factors and Natural Resources Culture • Some Natural Resources are limestone, soda ash, salt, and gemstone. • More than 60 languages are spoken and there are more than 40 ethnic groups. Almost everyone there speaks more than one African languages. Christian is mostly found and 30% Muslim.

5. Government, location Government Location • Kenya’s Government Semi-presidential Republic Government, president is Mwai Kibka and the prime minister is Raila Odinga Kenya constitution is listed as sovereign republic • It borders Ethipoia, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia and the Indian ocean. • The region is daletropical.