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Nairobi Kenya

Total questions: 77

Worksheet time: 2hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the capital city of Kenya?

a)

Cape Town

b)

Georgia

c)

Nairobi

d)

Manila

2.

Give 1 main building in Nairobi.

(a)  

3.

What are the main industries in Nairobi?

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4.

Many tourists visit the Nairobi (a)   , which is just south of the city.

5.

What is the name of one of the main international airports in Africa that is located in south-west of Nairobi?

(a)  

6.

Why are people moving to the cities?

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7.

What are Shanty towns?

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8.

From which are parts of contients' cities growing rapidly?

a)

(1) Africa/Asia/ South America

b)

(2) Asia/north America/Europe

c)

(3) Africa/ Europe/ Austrilia

9.

What is the capital city of Kenya?

a)

(1) Paris

b)

(2) Bahamas

c)

(3) Nairobi

10.

Where is Kenya?

a)

(1) a country in West Africa

b)

(2) a country in East Africa

c)

(3) a country in South Africa

11.

How many population has increased over the last 50 years?

a)

(1) about 6 million people to about 44 million people

b)

(2) about 7 million to about 43 million

c)

(3) about 8 million to about 46 million

12.

What are the main building in Nairobi?

a)

(1) large conference centre/ Parliament building/ city hall / the law court/ cathedral/head quarters of the UN/ High-rise offices/ luxurious hotels/museum/theatres /university/Polytechnic

b)

(2) museum/university/department stores/ offices

c)

(2) Parliment building/ headquarters of the Un/high-rise offices/museum/university/ polytechnic

13.

What are the main industries in Nairobi?

a)

(1) Tourism/factories(main industrial centre)

b)

(2) Tourism

c)

(3) factories( main industrial centre)

14.

Write at least two animals that we can observe in Nairobi National Park.

a)

(1) lions/ zebras

b)

(2)tigers/giraffes

c)

(3)rhinoceroses/ tigers

15.

What is the name od international airport in Nairobi?

a)

(1) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

b)

(2) Cuba international airport

c)

(30France international airport

16.

Write one reason about people moving to the cities in Nairobi.

a)

(1) a shortage of farmland

b)

(2)flooding

c)

(3) storms

17.

Where is the shanty town in Nairobi?

a)

(1) in the middle of the city

b)

(2) on Nairobi's outskirts

18.

What's the weather like in Nairobi?

a)

(1)day maybe hot but night cold(about1680 metres sea level)

b)

(2)night cold(about 1860 metres sea level)

c)

(3) night cold ( about 1068 metres sea level)

19.

What are shanty town's home made from?

a)

(1) wood

b)

(2) plastic

c)

(3) scrap materials

20.

Kenya is a country in __________Africa.

a)

West

b)

East

c)

South

21.

What is the capital of Kenya?

(a)  

22.

Nairobi is the largest and one of the most modern city in _________.

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

23.

Over the last 50 years, the population of Kenya has increased from 6 million people to _____ people.

a)

33 million

b)

44 million

c)

55 million

24.

The population of Kenya is still growing by more than ______ each year.

a)

2 per cent

b)

3 per cent

c)

4 per cent

25.

The headquarters of the United Nations _____ programme is in Nairobi.

a)

health

b)

population

c)

environment

26.

Nairobi is Kenya's main i (a)   centre.

27.

Nairobi has r (a)   crowds and traffic problems.

28.

T (a)   is an important industry in Nairobi.

29.

Kenya has the w (a)   beaches along the coast.

30.

Nairobi ________ is in the south of the city.

a)

National museum

b)

National park

c)

National hall

31.

In Nairobi National Park, on the _________of the city, tourists can see giraffes.

a)

centre

b)

countryside

c)

outskirts

32.

What is the name of Nairobi International Airport, which is 15 kilometres to the south-west of Nairobi?

a)

Changi

b)

King Hussein

c)

Jomo Kenyatta

33.

There is a shortage of f (a)   in Kenya.

34.

Where homes are made from scrap materials.

(a)  

35.

About 14 million people in Kenya do not have a safe _______ .

a)

food supply

b)

water supply

c)

transport

36.

Nairobi is high up about _______ metres about sea level.

a)

1680 m

b)

1860 m

c)

1086 m

37.

Kenya is a country in __________Africa.

a)

West

b)

East

c)

South

38.

What is the capital of Kenya?

(a)  

39.

Nairobi is the largest and one of the most modern city in _________.

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

40.

Nairobi ________ is in the south of the city.

a)

National museum

b)

National park

c)

National hall

41.

In Nairobi National Park, on the _________of the city, tourists can see giraffes.

a)

centre

b)

countryside

c)

outskirts

42.

Where homes are made from scrap materials.

(a)  

43.

(a)   is the country that borders Kenya to the East.

44.

Name the ocean that borders Kenya to the southeast.

(a)  

45.

What is the name of the mountain north of Nairobi?

(a)  

46.

Nairobi's most important industry is

a)

tabacco manufacturing

b)

car manufacturing

c)

tourism

47.

People in Kenya move from the countryside to the city to

a)

buy houses

b)

look for work

c)

start their own factories

48.

People who move to Nairobi and are unable to find work

a)

buy houses

b)

end up in shanty towns

c)

rent houses

49.

Which country borders Kenya to the North?

(a)  

50.

Name the ocean that borders Kenya to the southeast.

(a)  

51.

Which country is in the west of Kenya.

(a)  

52.

KENYA IS LOCATED AT _____________

a)

West Africa

b)

North Africa

c)

East Africa

d)

South Africa

53.

THE CAPITAL CITY OF KENYA IS ________

a)

Nigeria

b)

South Kenya

c)

Nairobi

d)

Mozambique

54.

CLIMATE IN KENYA IS USUALLY

a)

dry

b)

cold

c)

windy

d)

hot

55.

Half of the Kenya population is dominated by

a)

Young population

b)

Old population

c)

infants

d)

adolescent

56.

MAIN RELIGION OF KENYA ARE

a)

CHRISTIAN

b)

HINDU

c)

BUDDHISM

d)

ISLAM

57.

THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN KENYA ARE

a)

English

b)

Malay

c)

Swahili

d)

Iban

58.

MAIN ECONOMICAL ACTIVITY IN KENYA IS

a)

Tourism

b)

Manufacturing

c)

Agriculture

d)

Textile

59.

THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY IS FORMED DUE TO MOVEMENT OF TECTONIC PLATES ON ______________

a)

same direction

b)

right

c)

opposite direction

d)

left

60.

THE LAKE TURKANA IS FORMED BY _________

a)

Transformation

b)

Convergent

c)

Divergent

d)

Faulting

61.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TYPE OF DRYLAND?

a)

Savanna

b)

Freshwater

c)

Cold desert

d)

Semi desert

62.

How do you say hello to people in Kenya?

a)

Jambo

b)

Yambo

c)

Mambo

d)

Pardo

63.

Which is Kenya's highest mountain?

a)

Mt Kenya

b)

Mt K2

c)

Mt Kilimanjaro

d)

Mt Mombasa

64.

Which is the line of latitude that crosses through Kenya?

a)

Altitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Equator

d)

Greenwich

65.

Choose the ocean off Kenya's east coast

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Africa Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Red Ocean

66.

Which is a holiday where wild animals are viewed?

a)

Safari

b)

Tour

c)

Ethnic background

d)

Mombasa coast

67.

Which is Kenya's main port?

a)

Mombasa

b)

Kisumu

c)

Nakuru

d)

Nairobi

68.

Which of the following is a Kenyan tribe?

a)

Masai

b)

Kisuyu

c)

Kiyuyu

d)

None

69.

Choose two countries that border Kenya

a)

Uganda

b)

Tanzania

c)

Cameroon

d)

Zambia

e)

Sudan

70.

Choose two countries that border Kenya

a)

Ethiopia

b)

Somali Republic

c)

Nigeria

d)

Chad

e)

Angola

71.

Which is the highest city in Kenya?

a)

Nakuru

b)

Nairobi

c)

Mombasa

d)

Kisumu

72.

Which is the lowest city in Kenya?

a)

Mombasa

b)

Nairobi

c)

Nakuru

d)

Kisumu

73.

Choose two characteristics of the Mt Kenya

a)

Is an old volcano

b)

Despite being in the equator is high enough to be snow-covered all year

c)

Is an active volcano

d)

Is close the coast

74.

Grassland covers much of the coastal plains

a)

True

b)

False

75.

Where in Kenya is hot and dry?

a)

In the North

b)

In the South

c)

In the East

d)

In the West

76.

How wide is the Great Rift Valley?

a)

60km

b)

70km

c)

30km

d)

65km

77.

What created the Great Rift Valley

a)

The earth movements and the volcanic activity

b)

The movement of the soil

c)

An earthquake

d)

An ocean movement