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Medieval and Early Modern Africa

How well do you know the most important events and figures in the history of medieval and early modern Africa?
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1. On which shores did the Kingdom of Aksum exist between the 2nd and 7th centuries?
Red sea ✓
Atlantic ocean ✓
Mediterranean sea ✓
Indian ocean ✓
2. Which rich empire in West Africa was called the "land of gold" by Arab writers?
Mali Empire ✓
Gambia Empire ✓
Senegal Empire ✓
Ghana Empire ✓
3. Which city became the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 969?
Cairo ✓
Tripoli ✓
Algiers ✓
Casablanca ✓
4. Which city was founded in 1070 as the imperial capital of the Almoravid Empire?
Dakar ✓
Tartessos ✓
Rabat ✓
Marrakesh ✓
5. Who defeated Fatimid dynasty in 1171?
Hannibal ✓
Saladin ✓
Shaka Zulu ✓
Richard the Lionheart ✓
6. Who founded the Mali Empire in the 13th century?
Sundiata Keita ✓
Mansa Musa ✓
Idi Amin ✓
Askia Muhammad I ✓
7. Ibn Battuta was known for exploring Africa, Europe, the Middle East and India for 30 years. Where was he from?
Morocco ✓
Egypt ✓
Algeria ✓
Mali ✓
8. What was the capital of the Songhai Empire established by Sonni Ali?
Timbuktu ✓
Gao ✓
Cartaghe ✓
Djenné ✓
9. Which medieval city in southern Africa became a center of trade and which exported mainly gold, copper and ivory?
Great Botswana ✓
Great Mozambique ✓
Great Zambia ✓
Great Zimbabwe ✓
10. The Battle of Carthage was fought in 698 between a Roman expeditionary force and the armies of which Caliphate?
Kairouan ✓
Ottoman ✓
Umayyad ✓
Abbasid ✓
11. 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?
Libreville ✓
Cape Town ✓
Luanda ✓
Durban ✓
12. In the territory of which modern-day country Osei Tutu founded the Ashanti Empire in 1670?
Gabon ✓
Senegal ✓
Ghana ✓
Somalia ✓
13. Which Scottish explorer of West Africa wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa?
Charles Gordon ✓
James Bruce ✓
Mungo Park ✓
David Livingstone ✓
14. Boers are the descendants of the Dutch-speaking Free Burghers Southern Africa. What does "boer" mean?
Priest ✓
Sailor ✓
Soldier ✓
Farmer ✓
15. Who assassinated Shaka Zulu in 1828?
His wife ✓
British soldiers ✓
Ndwandwe tribe ✓
His half-brothers ✓
16. What African country was founded by freed American slaves in 1821?
Liberia ✓
Benin ✓
Cameroon ✓
Gambia ✓
17. In which year was Suez Canal officially opened?
1769 ✓
1669 ✓
1869 ✓
1969 ✓
18. Who was the first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope)?
Vasco da Gama ✓
Christopher Columbus ✓
Ferdinand Magellan ✓
Bartolomeu Dias ✓
19. Where was Eureka Diamond discovered in 1867?
South Africa ✓
Angola ✓
Tunisia ✓
Namibia ✓
20. In 1853-56 who made the first known crossing Africa from east to west and discovering Victoria Falls?
Henry Stanley ✓
Richard Burton ✓
John Hanning ✓
David Livingstone ✓
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vermiciousknid
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Level 88
Mar 16, 2022
Good quiz!
Nenadbs
+1
Level 53
Mar 16, 2022
Thanks :)
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