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Medieval and Early Modern Africa - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 352 times
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- The average score is 10 of 20
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 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 | 78%
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| What African country was founded by freed American slaves in 1821? | Liberia | 78%
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| The Battle of Carthage was fought in 698 between a Roman expeditionary force and the armies of which Caliphate? | Umayyad | 73%
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| In which year was Suez Canal officially opened? | 1869 | 68%
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| Which medieval city in southern Africa became a center of trade and which exported mainly gold, copper and ivory? | Great Zimbabwe | 68%
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| On which shores did the Kingdom of Aksum exist between the 2nd and 7th centuries? | Red sea | 68%
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| Which city became the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 969? | Cairo | 65%
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| In the territory of which modern-day country Osei Tutu founded the Ashanti Empire in 1670? | Ghana | 62%
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| Boers are the descendants of the Dutch-speaking Free Burghers Southern Africa. What does "boer" mean? | Farmer | 57%
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| Which city was founded in 1070 as the imperial capital of the Almoravid Empire? | Marrakesh | 54%
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| Ibn Battuta was known for exploring Africa, Europe, the Middle East and India for 30 years. Where was he from? | Morocco | 49%
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| Where was Eureka Diamond discovered in 1867? | South Africa | 43%
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| Who assassinated Shaka Zulu in 1828? | His half-brothers | 41%
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| Who defeated Fatimid dynasty in 1171? | Saladin | 41%
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| What was the capital of the Songhai Empire established by Sonni Ali? | Gao | 32%
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| Who founded the Mali Empire in the 13th century? | Sundiata Keita | 32%
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| In 1853-56 who made the first known crossing Africa from east to west and discovering Victoria Falls? | David Livingstone | 27%
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| Who was the first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope)? | Bartolomeu Dias | 22%
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| Which rich empire in West Africa was called the "land of gold" by Arab writers? | Ghana Empire | 8%
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| Which Scottish explorer of West Africa wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa? | Mungo Park | 8%
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