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Country: Kenya (continent of Africa)
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Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean,
between Somalia and Tanzania.
Kenya is slightly more than twice the size of Nevada.
Climate: varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior.
Terrain: low plains rise to central highlands bisected by
Great Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west
Natural resources: gold, limestone, soda ash, salt, rubies,
fluorspar, garnets, wildlife, hydropower
The Kenyan Highlands comprise one of the most successful
agricultural production regions in Africa; glaciers are found
on Mount Kenya, Africa's second highest peak.
Languages: English (official), Kiswahili (official),
numerous indigenous languages
Capital: Nairobi
Currency: Kenyan shilling (KES)
The colors symbolize:
black majority, red for the
blood shed during the
struggle for freedom, and
green for natural wealth;
the white fimbriation was
added later and symbolizes
peace.
Kenya
The Masai are members
of the Nilotic tribal group
along with the Samburu.
Mt. Kenya
Challenges: (select one challenge to complete from the list
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Using the beads and string provided, make a necklace.
Draw a picture of an animal native to Kenya.
Mold an elephant ear out of clay. Does it look like the
continent of Africa? It should!
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Country: Egypt (continent of Africa – the continent of
Africa is the second larges after China)
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Egypt, almost twice the size of France, is situated in
northeastern Africa. To the north of Egypt is the
Mediterranean Sea, to the south is the Sudan, to the west is
Libya and to the east of Egypt is the Red Sea.
The capital of Egypt is Cairo.
The languages spoken are Arabic and English.
About 90% of Egypt is desert.
The currency is the Egyptian pound.
The monuments and tombs of the early Egyptian Pharaohs
continue to stand intact, some 4,000 years later!
Ancient Egyptian writing uses more than 2,000 hieroglyphic
characters. Each hieroglyph represents a common object in
ancient Egypt. Hieroglyphs could represent the sound of the
object or they could represent an idea associated with the
object.
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Using building blocks or legos, build a pyramid.
Find out what is inside a camel’s hump (use the
Internet or a resource book)
Using clay, sculpt the Sphinx.
Write a word or phrase using heiroglyphics.
Sphinx
Egypt
Egyptian Hieroglyphics