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