WAEC History questions: Eastern and southern Africa

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All topics British conquest of Nigeria · 18 Colonial administration in Nigeria · 18 Decolonisation and African unity · 19 Early centres of civilisation · 18 Eastern and southern Africa · 17 External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans · 18 Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states · 20 Nationalism and independence · 20 Nigeria since independence · 18 Oyo, Benin and the southern states · 21 Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa · 17 Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century · 18 The colonial economy · 18 The Nigeria area: land and early peoples · 17 The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate · 18 West Africa in the nineteenth century · 17

Question 1· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Great Zimbabwe ruins are famous for their
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Question 2· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
Zanzibar became an important nineteenth-century centre of
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Question 3· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
Apartheid in South Africa officially ended with the elections of
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Question 4· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Mau Mau uprising took place in
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Question 5· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Boer republics founded after the Great Trek included
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Question 6· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
Shaka founded the
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Question 7· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Swahili culture of East Africa developed from
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Question 8· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Zulu kingdom rose to power under
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Question 9· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
Great Zimbabwe is famous for its
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Question 10· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Great Trek was the movement of
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Question 11· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Maji Maji rising of 1905–1907 was against
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Question 12· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The ANC was banned in South Africa in 1960 after the
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Question 13· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Mfecane refers to
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Question 14· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Boers who took part in the Great Trek were also known as
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Question 15· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
Moshoeshoe I is remembered as the founder of the kingdom of
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Question 16· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Maji Maji rising of 1905–07 was against
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Question 17· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Mfecane was a period of
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WAEC History questions: Eastern and southern Africa

The Great Zimbabwe ruins are famous for their

Zanzibar became an important nineteenth-century centre of

Apartheid in South Africa officially ended with the elections of

The Mau Mau uprising took place in

The Boer republics founded after the Great Trek included

Shaka founded the

The Swahili culture of East Africa developed from

The Zulu kingdom rose to power under

Great Zimbabwe is famous for its

The Great Trek was the movement of

The Maji Maji rising of 1905–1907 was against

The ANC was banned in South Africa in 1960 after the

The Mfecane refers to

The Boers who took part in the Great Trek were also known as

Moshoeshoe I is remembered as the founder of the kingdom of

The Maji Maji rising of 1905–07 was against

The Mfecane was a period of