O Level History Weekly Quiz

1. Select the correct answer from the ones below

Great Zimbabwe was built by the Portuguese

Great Zimbabwe was home to 35 000 people

Great Zimbabwe served as an entertainment center

Great Zimbabwe was built in the 11th century

2. Which of the following where social members of the Great Zimbabwe society

Hungwe

Mambo

Induna

Fisherman

Svikiros

Changamire

3. Select the correct answer from the ones below

Great Zimbabwe was built by the Portoguese

Great Zimbabwe was home to 35 000 people

Great Zimbabwe was built in the 19th century

Great Zimbabwe served as the royal palace

4. Select the right answers from below

Great Zimbabwe was not a religious center

Great Zimbabwe was built as a defense center against the Portuguese

The leader of Great Zimbabwe was called mambo

Great Zimbabwe was built by the Ndebele people

Great Zimbabwe was built as a trading center

5. What does Dzimbabwe mean?

It is a Shona word meaning “house of stone”

It is an old Swahili word that means fotres

It is a Bantu word meaning cat

The exact meaning of the word is no longer known

6. What were the reasons for the rise of the Great Zimbabwe state

There were pastures for livestock

The Mutapa mined gold there

The area had rich soils which favored agriculture

They used cow manure as fertilizer

The mambo had guns

7. Which of the following was practiced at Great Zimbabwe

Wolf hunting

Diamond mining

Making pottery

Gathering lemon fruits

8. Which of these crafts was not practiced at Great Zimbabwe

Basket Weaving

Black Smith

Pottery making

Cotton weaving

9. The Zimbabwe bird was made because:

It was a popular bird in the area

Shona people thought it was holy

As an honor to the Hungwe people

People at Great Zimbabwe loved fish

10. It’s called Great Zimbabwe because

To differentiate it from other Dzimbabwes

Europeans thought the structure was great

Shona kings were proud and arrogant

It is one of the seven wonders of the world

11. Which of the following statements is not true

Great Zimbabwe was home to about 18 000 people

Great Zimbabwe was destroyed by the great fire of 1458

Most archaeologists agree Great Zimbabwe was built by a Bantu tribe

Great Zimbabwe is found near Lake Mutirikwi

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