The History of Rhodesia - Statistics

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Hint		Answer	% Correct
1911	Both Northern and Southern Rhodesia were named in honor of which British imperialist?	Cecil Rhodes	100%
1980	What new country replaced Rhodesia after the above?	Zimbabwe	100%
1964	Which nationalist group broke away from ZAPU that year?	ZANU	80%
1980	Who became Prime Minister after independence elections in 1980?	Robert Mugabe	70%
1964	Who led the new ZANU movement?	Robert Mugabe	60%
1923	When company rule ended, what political status did Southern Rhodesia gain from Britain?	Self-Governing Colony	50%
1979	What London conference led to the end of the war and new elections?	Lancaster House Conference	40%
1966	What conflict began between Rhodesia’s government and black nationalist guerrillas?	Rhodesian Bush War	30%
1978	What was the name of the short-lived biracial government created by the Internal Settlement?	Zimbabwe-Rhodesia	30%
1965	What unilateral act did Ian Smith declare to break from British authority?	Unilateral Declaration of Independence	20%
1972	What attack marked the beginning of large-scale guerrilla war in Rhodesia?	Altena Farm Attack	10%
1953	What federation joined Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland?	Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland	10%
1893	What war saw Rhodes’s settlers defeat King Lobengula and the Ndebele kingdom?	First Matabele War	10%
1976	Under what name did ZANU and ZAPU unite for the war?	Patriotic Front	10%
1888	Cecil Rhodes obtained mining rights from Lobengula through what agreement?	Rudd Concession	10%
1896–1897	What Shona–Ndebele uprising against British rule is also known as the First Chimurenga?	Second Matabele War	10%
1890	What expedition founded the settlement that became Salisbury?	Pioneer Column	0%
1889	What charter gave Rhodes’s British South Africa Company control over present-day Zimbabwe?	Royal Charter	0%

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