Kenya's Economy: Checkpoint 1

Quick checkpoint - five questions on Kenya's economy, land history, tea and flowers, tourism and tech.

Quick checkpoint - five questions on Kenya’s economy, land history, tea and flowers, tourism and tech.

Question 1 of 5 Which port serves Kenya and landlocked neighbours?

Mombasa Lagos Durban Colombo

Goods travel inland to Uganda and beyond.

Question 2 of 5 What did the Mau Mau uprising fight against?

Colonial land dispossession High taxes on phones Tourism Railway building

It took place in 1952-60.

Question 3 of 5 What is Kenya the world's largest exporter of?

Black tea Oil Wheat Cars

Smallholders grow much of it.

Question 4 of 5 How do community conservancies help wildlife?

By paying landowners for tourism instead of farming By banning tourists By hunting By fencing off all land

Communities gain a stake in conservation.

Question 5 of 5 What innovation laid the foundation for Silicon Savannah?

M-Pesa mobile money Oil discovery Car manufacturing Gold mining

It launched in 2007.

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