Yussuf.net Quiz 73: African history

Questions

  1. Who was the first president of independent Ghana?
  2. Which famous South African was imprisoned for 27 years?
  3. What was the name of the powerful ancient empire in Mali?
  4. What war ended apartheid in South Africa?
  5. What year did most African countries gain independence?
  6. Who was the last emperor of Ethiopia?
  7. What ancient African civilization built the pyramids?
  8. What was the transatlantic slave trade?
  9. Who was Patrice Lumumba?
  10. What empire was based in modern-day Zimbabwe?

Answers

  1. Kwame Nkrumah
  2. Nelson Mandela
  3. Mali Empire
  4. No war; apartheid ended through negotiation and protest
  5. The 1960s
  6. Haile Selassie I
  7. Ancient Egypt
  8. Forced transport of Africans to the Americas as slaves
  9. First Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo
  10. Great Zimbabwe