Terrorists turn Kenya mall into a war zone

Q: An upscale mall popular with the Kenyan elite, foreign diplomats and businesspeople was turned into a war zone as gunmen killed more than 60 people and wounded dozens more. Where is Kenya on this map?

Circle the area on this map


Q: The mall, called Westgate, is in many ways like an American shopping mall, and it serves an affluent district of the Kenyan capital of . . .

A. Addis Ababa

B.Dar es Salaam

C. Mogadishu

D. Nairobi

Q: A witness said he heard the attackers shouting that "Muslims should leave" the mall. What is Kenya's largest religious group?

A. Muslims

B. Buddhists

C. Christians

D. Traditionalists

Q: The Somali militant group al-Shabaab said it was responsible for the attack. In 2011, Kenya's military invaded Somalia to help fight al-Shabaab. Somalia is . . .

A. Northeast of Kenya

B. Southeast of Kenya

C. South of Kenya

D. West of Kenya

Q: The mall attack was the worst terrorist attack in Kenya since 1998, when 212 people were killed and about 4,000 wounded in an explosion at the . . .

A. British embassy

B. Israeli embassy

C. Russian embassy

D. U.S. embassy


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