Social Science Grade 6

Where was the King of Mapungubwe's residence?

• At the bottom of the hill

• In the valley

• On top of the sacred hill

• At the river

The bodies found at the burial ground at the top of the hill. had been buried

with _______ artefacts.

• Silver

• Ivory

• Glass

• Gold

What was found buried in a royal grave on the hilltop of Mapungubwe?

• Whale

• Frog

• Rhinoceros

• Elephant

An Arabian sailing ship

• Dhow

• Boat

• Pirate ship

• Canoe

A period of a thousand years

• decade

• century

• millennium

• year

The name Mapungubwe is believed to mean “Hill or Place of the jackals”.

• True

• False

The people at Mapungubwe used clay pots to carry water or to store grain.

• True

• False

Local people who knew about Mapungubwe, were happy to guide white people to this place in order to show the white people their proud African heritage.

• True

• False

What was gold a symbol of?

• honesty

• integrity

• weakness

• power

What made it difficult for the Mapungubwe people to farm cattle?

• frogs

• mosquitoes and tsetse flies

• ladybugs

• grasshoppers