Southern African History Quiz

1. rebel leader in Rhodesia, later president of Zimbabwe

• Shaka

• Boers

• Madagascar

• Robert Mugabe

• Zimbabwe

1. Dutch settlers who founded Cape Colony

• Shaka

• Boers

• Madagascar

• Robert Mugabe

• Zimbabwe

1. Shona word meaning “stone houses”

• Shaka

• Boers

• Madagascar

• Robert Mugabe

• Zimbabwe

1. early Zulu leader who united his people

• Shaka

• Boers

• Madagascar

• Robert Mugabe

• Zimbabwe

1. Southern African country that gained independence from France in 1960

• Shaka

• Boers

• Madagascar

• Robert Mugabe

• Zimbabwe

What is one possible explanation for the Shona's abandonment of their city of Great Zimbabwe in the 1400s?

• They retreated into the hills when the Zulu attacked them.

• They no longer had enough food and water supplies for all their people.

• Most of the Shona people died in an epidemic, and the others fled the city.

• A huge fire swept through the city, burning it to the ground.

What European country gained control of Cape Colony from the Dutch?

• Britain

• Portugal

• France

• Germany

What was the main reason a guerrilla war began in Rhodesia during the 1970s?

• The Zulu wanted to reclaim their land.

• Black Rhodesians wanted control of the mining industry.

• The government refused to give the African population the right to vote.

• The Portuguese wanted control of the mining industry.

Around what time period did the Shona people build a kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe and Mozambique?

• 1000 B.C.

• 500 B.C.

• A.D. 900

• A.D. 1500

How did some countries place pressure on South Africa over the issue of apartheid?

• They began a campaign of civil disobedience.

• They placed embargoes, or trade bans, on South Africa.

• They gave black South Africans money and arms.

• They lowered the prices they offered for South African minerals.