Kenya by Avery Wittry https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm en-us 2017-04-19 14:52:59 UTC 2017-04-21 15:17:41 UTC hello@padlet.com 5 Fast Fact awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167035953 Kenya lies across the equator in east-central Africa,]]> 2017-04-19 14:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167035953 4 Fast Fact awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167036515 twice the size of Nevada]]> 2017-04-19 14:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167036515 3 Fast Fact awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167037447 The capital and largest city is Nairobi. Mombasa is the second largest city.



]]> 2017-04-19 15:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167037447 2 Fast Fact awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167037756 The two official languages in Kenya they speak.]]> 2017-04-19 15:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167037756 1 fast fact awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167038223 Agriculture is important to Kenya's economy, especially tea, coffee and flowers.]]> 2017-04-19 15:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167038223 Map of Kenya awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167039134 The population is 48,466,928 ]]> 2017-04-19 15:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167039134 6 Fast Fact awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167042006 Kenya shares Lake Victoria, the world's second largest fresh water lake]]> 2017-04-19 15:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167042006 Map of Africa awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167043327 Kenya is by the Indian Ocean to the left of it.]]> 2017-04-19 15:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167043327 Food in Kenya awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167292660
  •  Ugali- a semi-hard cake made of maize (corn)
  • Sukuma Wiki - a vegetable stew made of leafy green vegetables
    • ]]>     2017-04-20 15:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167292660     Clothing in Kenya awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167295518 Most people in the cities wear modern clothes such as jeans and t-shirts. Women in Kenya traditionally wear brightly colored materials and jewelry.  Many women also wear a kanga.   It is a long piece of material that can be worn as a skirt or tied over the shoulder to carry infants.  Kenyan women also often wear head scarves.]]> 2017-04-20 15:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167295518 History in Kenya awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167297946 The British Empire established the East Africa Protectorate in 1895, from 1920 known as the Kenya Colony. ... It was ruled as a de facto one-party state by the Kenya African National Union (KANU), it was an alliance led by Jomo Kenyatta during 1963 to 1978]]> 2017-04-20 15:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167297946 Climate awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167299229 The climate of Kenya varies by location, from mostly cool every day, to always warm/hot. The climate along the coast is tropical. This means rainfall and temperatures are higher throughout the year. At the coastal cities, Mombasa, Lamu and Malindi, the air changes from cool to hot, almost every day.]]> 2017-04-20 15:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167299229 landscape awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167300254 Its terrain rises from a low coastal plain on the Indian Ocean to mountains and plateaus at its center. Most Kenyans live in the highlands]]> 2017-04-20 15:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167300254 Language in Kenya awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167512910 The different languages in Kenya fall into three categories – Bantu (Niger-Congo) languages which are spoken by around 65% of people, the Nilo-Saharan group of languages spoken among another third of the population and the Cushitic language, an Afro-Asian tongue spoken in the north by around 3% of the population.

    ]]>     2017-04-21 15:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167512910     Religions in kenya awittry06 https://padlet.com/awittry06/w1b8cuib4hmm/wish/167513649 At one time, religion in Kenya was represented by dozens of tribal beliefs. Today, Kenya has lost its religious diversity and is now a predominately Christian country
    The Muslims number around 10% of the population, and are especially located in the coast area around Mombasa. At the same time, many Christians and Muslims mix their main religion with traditional African beliefs.

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