O Level History Weekly Quiz

1. What does Dzimbabwe mean?

It is a Shona word meaning “house of stone”

It is a Bantu word meaning cat

It is an old Swahili word that means fotres

The exact meaning of the word is no longer known

2. Select the right answers from below

Great Zimbabwe was built as a defense center against the Portuguese

Great Zimbabwe was not a religious center

Great Zimbabwe was built by the Ndebele people

Great Zimbabwe was built as a trading center

The leader of Great Zimbabwe was called mambo

3. Which of the following statements is not true

Great Zimbabwe was home to about 18 000 people

Great Zimbabwe is found near Lake Mutirikwi

Great Zimbabwe was destroyed by the great fire of 1458

Most archaeologists agree Great Zimbabwe was built by a Bantu tribe

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

They used cow manure as fertilizer

The Mutapa mined gold there

There were pastures for livestock

The mambo had guns

The area had rich soils which favored agriculture

5. It’s called Great Zimbabwe because

It is one of the seven wonders of the world

Shona kings were proud and arrogant

Europeans thought the structure was great

To differentiate it from other Dzimbabwes

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

Black Smith

Pottery making

Cotton weaving

Basket Weaving

7. Select the correct answer from the ones below

Great Zimbabwe was built in the 19th century

Great Zimbabwe was home to 35 000 people

Great Zimbabwe was built by the Portoguese

Great Zimbabwe served as the royal palace

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

Hungwe

Mambo

Changamire

Svikiros

Fisherman

Induna

9. Which of the following was practiced at Great Zimbabwe

Wolf hunting

Gathering lemon fruits

Diamond mining

Making pottery

10. Select the correct answer from the ones below

Great Zimbabwe was built by the Portuguese

Great Zimbabwe was built in the 11th century

Great Zimbabwe served as an entertainment center

Great Zimbabwe was home to 35 000 people

11. The Zimbabwe bird was made because:

As an honor to the Hungwe people

People at Great Zimbabwe loved fish

Shona people thought it was holy

It was a popular bird in the area

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