Geography
This East African country is home to Mount Kilimanjaro.
What is Tanzania?
Who was the famous Eritrean American rapper?
Nipsey Hussle
What became the center of Christianity in East Africa?
What is Ethiopia?
Who was the Kenyan runner who was the first person to run a marathon in under 2 hours?
Eliud Kipchoge
What crop is raised in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi?
Coffee
The longest river in the world runs through East Africa.
What is the Nile River?
Who is the NBA player, born in South Sudan, that became an All-Star and plays for the Chicago Bulls?
Luol Deng
What country was never colonized by a European power?
Ethiopia
This Ugandan athlete won Olympic gold in the men’s marathon at the London 2012 Games.
Who is Stephen Kiprotich?
This fermented flatbread, is made from teff flour.
Injera
This landlocked East African country is nicknamed the “Pearl of Africa.”
What is Uganda?
This Kenyan woman won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on the environment.
Who is Wangari Maathai?
Which African language is most widely spoken in East Africa?
What is Swahili?
Who is the Ethiopian runner won double Olympic gold in the 10,000m in 1996 and 2000?
Haile Gebrselassie
This East African country is famous for coffee’s origin.
What is Ethiopia?
This East African country is the smallest by land area.
What is Rwanda?
Who is the Somali-American model who became one of the world’s most famous supermodels in the 1970s?
Iman Abdulmajid
Which two ethnic groups were involved in the genocide in Rwanda?
Hutu and Tutsi
Who was the Kenyan middle-distance runner who broke the 800m world record in 2012?
David Rudisha
Which two East African countries rely heavily on tourism?
Kenya and Tanzania
Name the capital of Zambia, Burundi and Tanzania
Lusaka, Gitega and Dodoma
Who is the president of Tanzania?
Samia Suluhu Hassan
What was the ancient trade route connected East Africa with Arabia and India through the Indian Ocean?
The Swahili Coast trade
This Somali-born runner, who later represented Great Britain, won four Olympic gold medals in the 5,000m and 10,000m.
Who is Mo Farah?
What is the Swahili coastal rice dish, flavored with spices like cardamom and cinnamon, shows the Indian and Arab influence in East African cuisine?
Pilau