Major historical events of Kenya
Politics
Land and people
Economy
Kenya Fun Facts
100
When did the British take control of Kenya
A. 1873
B. 1895
C. 1920
D. 1952
B. 1895
100
How much power did Kenyans have in the government during most of British rule
A. Some
B. Little to none
C. ALL OF IT
D. A decent amount
B. little to none
100
Before British Rule what did indigenous communities use the land for?
A - Farming and Settlement
B - Only Herding and grazing
C - Tea and coffee plantations
D - Breeding war elephants for battle
What is Farming and settlement (A) NOT WAR ELEPHANTS
100
What was the main type of labor in Colonial Kenya?
A - Slavery
B - Wage Labor
C - Forced Labor
D - Tenant Farming
What is Forced Labor (C)
100
When was the first Chinese contact with Kenya?
A - in 2025 when I landed there from space
B - In 1368 when Chinese merchants first began trading along the Swahili Coast.
C - During Kublai Khans reign when Mongol controlled China sent traders to Africa
D - in the 1400s zheng he got shipwrecked off the coast and him and his crew made first contact
What is Zheng he crashing his boat and marrying several locals (D) (He was a true womanizer)
200
When did Kenya gain its independence?
A) - 1965
B) - 1964
C) - 1962
D) - 1963
What is 1963 (D)
200
What laws spearheaded the racial discrimination being enforced in Kenya. (Multiple choice, you have to get all of the right ones)
A. Indian Councils Act
B. Trust Ordinance Act
C. Government of Kenya Act
D. Sovereignty of Implied Governance Act
A. and C.
If you chose D, tell me what sovereignty means, I bet you don't even know what it means.
200
What was considered the best land in kenya?
A - Lake Victoria’s shores
B - The Highlands
C - The rainforests of western Kenya
D - The Tsavo region
What is The Highlands (B)
200
What Cash Crop(s) made up most of colonial Kenya's economy?
A - Cotton & Tea
B - Tea & Coffee
C - Cocoa & Coffee
D - Tea & Tabacco
What is Tea & Coffee (B)
200
What was the favorite way the kikiyu used to kill government officials during the Mau Mau incident
A - Flaying them
B - Crushing them with a elephant
C - Burning them to death
D - Stoning
What is Burning them(Leonidas) to death (C)
300
When did kenya become a English colony?
A - 1921
B - 1920
C - 1919
D - 2049
What is 1920 (B)
300
What was the british's favorite method of dividing the population?
What was segregation
300
What did the Resident Native Ordinance (1906) law do?
A - It required African men to carry identification passes at all times to regulate their movement and employment.
B - It divided Kenya into labor districts, restricting Africans from working outside their designated areas without government approval.
C - It established military-run labor camps where African workers were trained before being assigned to European-owned farms.
D - It prevented the native population from growing cash crops and certain other crops.
What is Preventing the native people from growing cash crops (horray!!!) D
300
what type of economy was colonial Kenya?
A - Export economy
B - Command Economy
C - Mixed Economy
D - Traditional Economy
What is Export Economy. (A)
300
Where does the name Kenya come from?
A) The original name was "Kirinyaga" but the British mispronounced it
B) Kenya was named after a legendary explorer, Sir Ken Yaa, who discovered the region
C) Kenya was named after a type of coffee bean that was highly popular in the 1800s and was heavily farmed there
D)Early settlers thought the landscape resembled a place called "Kenya" in Scotland
What is The original name was "Kirinyaga" but the British mispronounced it (A)
400
When did the ugandan railway open?
1895
400
How did the laws passed against Kenyan citizens restrict their rights.
It made it harder for them to find work or for them to own land
400
what did the Trust Ordinance Act (1930) do?
created african reserved that the indigenous people were only allowed to use to for farming and whatever other needs restricting their land use heavily
400
How did colonial powers force people to participate in grueling labor for incredibly low wages?
What is Extreme Taxation 😊
400
Mau Mau rebels took secret oaths, sometimes involving drinking ______, to swear loyalty to the fight against colonial rule
A - the tears of their enemies
B - Goat's blood
C - Banana beer
D - Palm wine
What is Goat's blood (B)
500
What was the event that gave Kenya to England as a territory?
What is the berlin conference
500
Who was the first president of Kenya?
A. Jomo Kenyatta
B. Jollof Kenyaga
C. John Kenya
D. Jaha Kirinyaga
A. Jomo Kenyatta
500
What did the 1915 Crown Lands Ordinance act do?
it declared all land as crown land which barred the native populous from using the land that was once theirs and allowed English colonists to use it freely.
500
How did colonial powers gain major control over farmers and the general populous?
What is Land Alienation (stealing land from the Kenyan people putting them into extreme economic hardship and allowing the British to strengthen their control over the region.)
500
There were many proposals to transform Kenya into a worldwide attraction. which of these was a real proposal?
A) At one point, there was a proposal to turn Kenya into a giant British safari park where officials could only travel by elephant.
B) Importing thousands of kangaroos from Australia to create a “Little Outback” experience in the savanna
C) Building a replica of Buckingham Palace in Nairobi as a second royal residence for the British monarchy.
D) Developing a railway system exclusively for transporting luxury goods across the country to maintain “British standards.”
What is (A)