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 ✓

Mediterranean sea ✓

Indian ocean ✓

Atlantic ocean ✓

2. Which rich empire in West Africa was called the "land of gold" by Arab writers?

Senegal Empire ✓

Ghana Empire ✓

Gambia Empire ✓

Mali Empire ✓

3. Which city became the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 969?

Cairo ✓

Algiers ✓

Tripoli ✓

Casablanca ✓

4. Which city was founded in 1070 as the imperial capital of the Almoravid Empire?

Marrakesh ✓

Rabat ✓

Tartessos ✓

Dakar ✓

5. Who defeated Fatimid dynasty in 1171?

Hannibal ✓

Shaka Zulu ✓

Saladin ✓

Richard the Lionheart ✓

6. Who founded the Mali Empire in the 13th century?

Sundiata Keita ✓

Askia Muhammad I ✓

Mansa Musa ✓

Idi Amin ✓

7. Ibn Battuta was known for exploring Africa, Europe, the Middle East and India for 30 years. Where was he from?

Egypt ✓

Mali ✓

Morocco ✓

Algeria ✓

8. What was the capital of the Songhai Empire established by Sonni Ali?

Timbuktu ✓

Djenné ✓

Cartaghe ✓

Gao ✓

9. Which medieval city in southern Africa became a center of trade and which exported mainly gold, copper and ivory?

Great Botswana ✓

Great Zimbabwe ✓

Great Zambia ✓

Great Mozambique ✓

10. The Battle of Carthage was fought in 698 between a Roman expeditionary force and the armies of which Caliphate?

Kairouan ✓

Umayyad ✓

Abbasid ✓

Ottoman ✓

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 ✓

Luanda ✓

Durban ✓

Cape Town ✓

12. In the territory of which modern-day country Osei Tutu founded the Ashanti Empire in 1670?

Ghana ✓

Gabon ✓

Somalia ✓

Senegal ✓

13. Which Scottish explorer of West Africa wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa?

David Livingstone ✓

James Bruce ✓

Charles Gordon ✓

Mungo Park ✓

14. Boers are the descendants of the Dutch-speaking Free Burghers Southern Africa. What does "boer" mean?

Soldier ✓

Priest ✓

Sailor ✓

Farmer ✓

15. Who assassinated Shaka Zulu in 1828?

His wife ✓

His half-brothers ✓

British soldiers ✓

Ndwandwe tribe ✓

16. What African country was founded by freed American slaves in 1821?

Liberia ✓

Gambia ✓

Benin ✓

Cameroon ✓

17. In which year was Suez Canal officially opened?

1969 ✓

1869 ✓

1769 ✓

1669 ✓

18. Who was the first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope)?

Ferdinand Magellan ✓

Vasco da Gama ✓

Bartolomeu Dias ✓

Christopher Columbus ✓

19. Where was Eureka Diamond discovered in 1867?

South Africa ✓

Namibia ✓

Tunisia ✓

Angola ✓

20. In 1853-56 who made the first known crossing Africa from east to west and discovering Victoria Falls?

Henry Stanley ✓

Richard Burton ✓

David Livingstone ✓

John Hanning ✓

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