Welcome to your Grade 11 History chapter 6
After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.
1.
Which empire reached its peak at the end of the 15th century and was famous for bronze sculptures?
2.
What was the main factor for the growth of power in the Empire of Benin?
3.
Which group of nomads established control over Timbuktu and the Niger bend in 1737?
4.
In the East African Great Lakes region, which powerful kingdom flourished northwest of Lake Victoria?
5.
What was the title of the king of Buganda?
6.
In the kingdom of Rwanda, which group formed the ruling class?
7.
Where did the kingdom of Kongo emerge around the year 1400?
8.
Who was the founder of the Mutapa state who controlled long-distance trade with the Swahili coast?
9.
What royal title, meaning "master conqueror," was used by the rulers of the Mutapa state?
10.
Which military ruler led the followers called "Rozwi" (the destroyers) in the 1670s?
11.
Which state was raided and destroyed in 1830 by the Nguni and Ndebele tribes?
12.
The rise of which empire in southern Africa caused the northward movement of the Nguni and Ndebele?
13.
What items did the merchants of Benin exchange for European manufactured products?
14.
Which European nation named the Mutapa state the "Kingdom of Monomotapa"?
15.
In the 16th century, the Mwene Mutapa dominated trade in which two main items along the Zambezi Valley?
16.
Who established the Kingdom of Matabele among the Shona of Zimbabwe?
17.
Which group of speakers lived in southern Africa at least since the 15th century?
18.
Who was the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate?
19.
Queen Nzinga Mbande was a ruler of which kingdom?
20.
What title was given to the king of the Kongo?
21.
Which West African state was known for its "Amazons" (female soldiers)?
22.
In the triangular trade, what was transported from Africa to the Americas?
23.
What term was used to describe the trade that replaced the slave trade in Africa?
24.
Which European group in South Africa was also known as Afrikaners?
25.
What was the Moroccan Sultanate that destroyed the Songhai Empire?
26.
Which empire was the main rival of the Mwene Mutapa Empire for a long time?
27.
Which region did the Tuareg Berber nomads establish control over in 1737?
28.
By the end of the 15th century, with which Europeans did the Empire of Benin trade?
29.
What was the name of the Shona military ruler who founded the Rozwi empire?
30.
Which African region had not achieved major state formation until the end of the 18th century compared to others?
