1. 13-3 p. 440-444

2. From those 10 sentence summaries, they can be reduced to 2 FACTS

3. Main Points East Africa’s location has contributed to the region’s cultural diversity Ideas about land use and ownership have changed over time, but even urban East Africans still feel a bond to their rural villages

4. Key Terms 1.The Swahili are an ethnic group that resulted from this mixing of African and Arab Ways.--both a people and language 2.Heritage is the values, traditions, and custom handed down from their ancestors

5. What does and does not unify the region North Africa Language Arabic Religion Islam Family Strong ties Physical Sahara Desert Ethnic group Arab Unified? YES

6. Unity West Africa Language many Religion many Family strong ties Physical no big thing Ethnic many Unified NO

7. Unity East Africa Language many, Swahili Religion many Family strong ties Physical Great Rift Valley Ethnic many Unified more so than West

8. Land Ownership Before Europe--- Idea of owning land not known Europe Colonization Europeans took/bought land and created plantations. Cash crops grown. After European Colonization Landownership important and confusing. Some areas, villagers work village land with family plots. Some areas villagers only work their land. Plantations still exist---cash goes out.