Statistics for Medieval and Early Modern Africa

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What African country was founded by freed American slaves in 1821?	Liberia	93%
Which city was established in 1652 by Jan van Riebeeck and other employees of the United East India Company as the way-station for ships travelling to the Dutch East Indies?	Cape Town	90%
Boers are the descendants of the Dutch-speaking Free Burghers Southern Africa. What does "boer" mean?	Farmer	83%
In which year was Suez Canal officially opened?	1869	80%
Which medieval city in southern Africa became a center of trade and which exported mainly gold, copper and ivory?	Great Zimbabwe	70%
Which city was founded in 1070 as the imperial capital of the Almoravid Empire?	Marrakesh	69%
On which shores did the Kingdom of Aksum exist between the 2nd and 7th centuries?	Red sea	68%
Who defeated Fatimid dynasty in 1171?	Saladin	67%
The Battle of Carthage was fought in 698 between a Roman expeditionary force and the armies of which Caliphate?	Umayyad	67%
Ibn Battuta was known for exploring Africa, Europe, the Middle East and India for 30 years. Where was he from?	Morocco	63%
In the territory of which modern-day country Osei Tutu founded the Ashanti Empire in 1670?	Ghana	60%
Which city became the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 969?	Cairo	58%
Where was Eureka Diamond discovered in 1867?	South Africa	55%
Who assassinated Shaka Zulu in 1828?	His half-brothers	51%
What was the capital of the Songhai Empire established by Sonni Ali?	Gao	35%
In 1853-56 who made the first known crossing Africa from east to west and discovering Victoria Falls?	David Livingstone	34%
Which rich empire in West Africa was called the "land of gold" by Arab writers?	Ghana Empire	17%
Who founded the Mali Empire in the 13th century?	Sundiata Keita	16%
Who was the first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope)?	Bartolomeu Dias	14%
Which Scottish explorer of West Africa wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa?	Mungo Park	10%