Exam 15: Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe in Africa

Which animal symbolically represented the rulers of Great Zimbabwe?

Great Zimbabwe grew into a large town after about _______________.

Who built the site of Great Zimbabwe?

When the Portuguese encountered the Mutapa State, they (the Portuguese) were primarily interested in _______________.

What is the Zimbabwe Pattern?

European sailors who first encountered the Mutapa state were Spanish.

Discuss the ritual symbolism of the crocodile in the cultures of Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe.

Schroda was a Middle Iron Age village established by ______________ people.

How did Shona oral traditions contribute to a cognitive archaeological interpretation of Great Zimbabwe's Great Enclosure?

Schroda does not appear to be an ideal setting for agriculture. Why did Zhizo people establish their capital there?

All of these grains were stored at Bambandyanalo except ________________.

The waste of extracting iron is called ______________.

Bambandyanalo is also known as K2.

People of southeastern Africa used sorghum to brew beer.

Mapungubwe's peak population was probably around _____________________.