NewsTracker Answers for week of Sep. 19, 2011

Q: Conservationists say that in drought-stricken Kenya livestock herders and their animals are encroaching on water sources in protected areas, which is having a potentially devastating impact on the wildlife there - particularly elephants. Where is Kenya?

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Q: In neighboring Ethiopia, herders have said that rules to protect wildlife areas can be ignored as the region suffers its worst drought in 60 years. Ethiopia is Kenya's neighbor to the . . .

A. North

B. East

C. South

D. West

A. Kenya is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west and South Sudan to the northwest.

Q: Agriculture accounts for 22 percent of Kenya's gross domestic product. What percentage of Kenyans work in agriculture?

A. 90 percent

B. 75 percent

C. 50 percent

D. 25 percent

B. Drought has left many of Kenya's farmers on the edge of starvation. As the drought cuts food supplies, many elephants are leaving protected areas and destroying farms as they forage to survive.

Q: Kenya's 35 designated national parks and reserves are home to many species of animals other than elephants. Which of these animals is NOT found in Kenya?

A. Lion

B. Rhinoceros

C. Giraffe

D. Tiger

D. The tiger is native to much of eastern and southern Asia  but not Africa.

Q: With a climate ranging from arid to tropical, Kenya lies on the . . .

A. Tropic of Cancer

B. Tropic of Capricorn

C. Equator

D. Arctic Circle

C. The country lies between latitudes 5 degrees north and 5 degrees south and the longitudes 34 degrees east and 42 degrees east.