The East African Trade and Great Zimbabwe

What is this and what was it used for?

• A boat; sailing.

• A dhow, trading

• A house; living

• The Sea, sunbathing.

Who are the Swahili?

• Muslim African traders from Tanzania and Kenya

• The builders of Great Zimbabwe

• Arab traders

• The Masai

Wind helped push the Arab trading vessels to Africa and back. What do we call these winds?

• The Trade Winds

• The Arab Winds

• The Slave Winds

• The Swahili Winds

Kilwa-Kisiwani was sacked and destroyed by the _______ in the year ________.

• Portuguese; 1505CE

• Greeks; 1505BCE

• Arabs, 1894CE

• Normans; 1066CE

True or False: "The area immediately around Great Zimbabwe is an area that is rich in gold."

• True

• False

Where did the wealth of Great Zimbabwe come from?

• It's gold mines

• Copper

• Ivory

• Tax.

What was the name of the trading port on the Mozambican coast?

• Beira

• Sofala

• Tete

• Kilwa-Kisiwani