Eastern and Southern Africa

An example of City-States is ...

• Athens
• Carthage
• Zanzibar

• Rome

the Eastern cost of Africa is overlooking....

• the Atlantic Ocean
• the Mediterranean Sea
• Lake Victoria
• the Indian Ocean

The Bantu culture is limited to a single country ?

• True

• False

What does the word SWAHILI mean ?

• Coast

• East

• Barbarian

• Arab

The “Swahili” language was a mixture of ......

• Bantu and Arabic
• Bantu and Spanish
• Arabic and English
• Bantu and French

What did the Swahili cities fight about ....

• Cultural differences

• land ownership.

• Religious conflicts

• Control of trade routes and resources.

One valuable commodity was ...............

• Ivory

• Platinum

• Copper

• Gold

Which was the most powerful country in East Africa ?

• Kilwa

• Tanzania
• Kenya
• Ethiopia

§The Arab traveller visited Kilwa in 1331.

• Ibn Battuta

• Ibn Fasfosa

• Ibn Marwa

• Ibn Wezza

Kilwa remained powerful until ............. controlled the city in 1505 and

• the Europeans

• the British
• the French
• the Arabs