Geography of East Africa
Largest country in Africa by area?
What is Sudan?
Which two ethnic groups were involved in the genocide in Rwanda?
Who are the Hutu and Tutsi?
This rebellion from 1905 to 1907 against German colonial rule was partly inspired by a belief in “war medicine” that would turn bullets into water.
What is the Maji Maji Rebellion?
The dictator of Uganda who was responsible for killing many people and holding Harry Rastatter prisoner for a month.
Who is Idi Amin?
What crop is raised in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi?
What is coffee?
Strait between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, key trade route
What is the Bab el Mandeb?
The Issa and the Afar are the main ethnic groups in which African country?
What is Djibouti?
Before independence, Rwanda and Burundi were under these two countries mandate
What is Belgium & Germany?
Who is the president of Ethiopia?
Who is Sahle-Work Zewde?
This church is said to house the Biblical Ark of the Covenant.
What is the Church of St. Mary of Zion (in Axum)?
Three countries that border Lake Victoria.
What are Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya?
What is one of the primary ethnic groups in East Africa?
Who are the Maasai?
The ancient city of Kilwa Kisiwani grew rich from the gold trade coming from this river valley.
What is the Limpopo Valley (Zimbabwe)?
This leader was awarded the first Lenin Peace Prize in 1960 for his anti-colonial advocacy.
Who is Haile Selassie?
This East African island was once ruled by the Portuguese, then the Omanis, before becoming a major hub for the slave trade.
What is Zanzibar?
Which East African landlocked country is known as "the land of a thousand hills"?
What is Rwanda?
This language, widely spoken along the Congo River and in Kinshasa, serves as a way of communication for trade, music, and daily communication in the DRC.
What is Lingala?
Signed in 2005, this peace agreement ended Africa’s longest-running civil war and paved the way for South Sudan’s independence.
What is the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)?
Signed in 2005, this peace agreement ended Africa’s longest-running civil war and paved the way for South Sudan’s independence.
What is the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)?
In 2019, Eritrea resumed mining this mineral, critical for renewable energy technology, making it a strategic global supplier.
What is potash?
This semi-autonomous region in northeastern Somalia declared independence, though unlike Somaliland, it does not seek full secession.
What is Puntland?
The two cultures that combined into Swahili
What are Bantu and Arabian?
In 2013, only two years after independence, fighting erupted between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and his then–vice president, leading to a devastating civil war.
Who is Riek Machar?
This Somali leader ruled from 1969 until his ouster in 1991.
Who is Siad Barre?
This syncretic Christian movement, founded by Simon Kimbangu in 1921, is now one of the largest independent churches in Africa.
What is Kimbanguism?