U.S. Culture
This celebration on July 4 marks the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
What is Independence Day?
This document, adopted on July 4, 1776, announced that the thirteen colonies were separating from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This is the number of states in the United States.
What is 50?
This sport’s championship game is known as the Super Bowl.
What is American football?
The United States established diplomatic relations with Kenya shortly after Kenya gained independence in this year.
What is 1963?
Celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, this American holiday traditionally brings families together for a large meal.
What is Thanksgiving?
This number of British colonies declared independence and later became the first U.S. states.
What is thirteen?
These are the only two U.S. states that are not part of the contiguous United States.
What are Alaska and Hawaii?
This Louisiana city is widely recognized as the birthplace of jazz.
What is New Orleans?
This U.S. government exchange initiative develops the leadership skills of young Africans, including many Kenyans.
What is the Young African Leaders Initiative, or YALI?
This famous highway running from Chicago toward California became a symbol of American road trips and westward travel.
What is Route 66?
This 1803 purchase from France greatly expanded the territory of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This state is home to the Grand Canyon.
What is Arizona?
This Tennessee city is commonly known as “Music City” because of its strong association with country music.
What is Nashville?
This institution advises Kenyan students interested in studying at accredited colleges and universities in the United States.
What is EducationUSA?
This cultural district in New York City is internationally associated with major stage plays and musicals.
What is Broadway?
This conflict, fought from 1861 to 1865, was between the Union and the Confederacy.
What is the American Civil War?
This river flows through or along ten U.S. states before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Mississippi River?
This American basketball league includes teams such as the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors.
What is the National Basketball Association, or NBA?
This Kenyan capital is home to the U.S. Embassy in Kenya.
What is Nairobi?
This annual celebration recognizes African American history and achievements throughout the month of February.
What is Black History Month?
This civil-rights leader delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This U.S. state has two major peninsulas and borders four of the five Great Lakes.
What is Michigan?
This American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This U.S. city is simultaneously associated with the headquarters of the United Nations, Wall Street, Broadway and the Statue of Liberty.
What is New York City?