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History of Zambia

Can you answer these questions about the history of Zambia?
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Last updated: January 14, 2023
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What was the colonial name of Zambia?
Northern Rhodesia
After what river was the country named?
Zambezi
What Scottish explorer was the first European to see the Victoria Falls?
David Livingstone
What group of people migrated to the area around 300 AD, displacing the
native Khoisan population?
Bantu
Who was the dictator of Zambia between 1964–1991?
Kenneth Kaunda
To what socialist political party did he belong?
United National
Independence Party
What Zambian became (briefly) the first white person to lead a sub-Saharan African
country since F. W. de Klerk in 1994?
Guy Scott
What type of metal was discovered by Frederick Russell Burnham
in the 1890s in Zambia?
Copper
What South African political party had its headquarters in Lusaka
during in-exile period?
African National
Congress
What Swedish secretary-general of the UN died in an airplane crash in 1961 near Ndola?
Dag Hammarskjöld
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