Kenya | Year 2| Important Questions Key Knowledge Vocabulary 1 Where is Kenya on a A large solid area of land. Earth has Kenya is in East Africa. Nairobi is the 1 continent world map? seven continents. capital city and Mombasa is the largest An area set aside by a country’s 2 What is life like for city in Kenya. 2 National people living in Kenya? park government. The Tana river is the longest river in 3 Maasai one of the best-known groups of 3 What is a national Kenya. people in Africa. They live in park? southern Kenya Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in 4 Endangered Any type of plant or animal that is 4 Which are the main Kenya. in danger of disappearing forever. animals living in Kenya? 5 migrate Many mammals, birds, fishes, 5 What is Maasai insects, and other animals move culture? Kenya lies on the Equator, which means from one place to another at the climate is hot, sunny and dry for most certain times of the year. What is life like for a 6 of the year. ocean A large body of salt water, which Kenyan child compared 6 The Great Rift Valley is an enormous covers the majority of the earth’s to my life? valley of mountains which runs from the surface. north to south of Kenya. The valley has a 7 Capital A large town. Each country has a chain of volcanoes which are still ‘active’ . city capital city, which is usually one of Lake Victoria, the second largest the largest cities. lake in the world, is part of the Great Rift Valley. 8 mountain A very large, high and steep hill. A large, natural stream of fresh Kenya has over 50 nature reserves and 9 river water that flows into the sea national parks to protect these animals. or a lake. The Maasai Mara reserve is the most popular. 10 compass A tool for finding direction; north, south, east or west. In the north it is hot and dry with arid deserts. In the west it is hot and humid 11 equator An imaginary circle around Earth. and the rainfall can be highest here. If It divides Earth into two equal there is no rainfall for a long time, parts: the Northern Hemisphere droughts can occur. and the Southern Hemisphere.