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ACSEE (Form 6) Pre-colonial African Societies — practice questions

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Which group of states belongs to the interlacustrine region?Read the answer and worked solution →Which factor most directly gave interlacustrine states both better farming and stronger armies?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the interlacustrine statesRead the answer and worked solution →Group the African states by regionRead the answer and worked solution →Pre-colonial states, true or falseRead the answer and worked solution →

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Which group of states belongs to the interlacustrine region?

  1. Asante, Dahomey, Benin and Oyo
  2. Mali, Songhai, Ghana and Kanem
  3. Buganda, Bunyoro, Karagwe and Ankole
  4. Zulu, Ndebele, Sotho and Swazi
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Correct answer: C. Buganda, Bunyoro, Karagwe and Ankole

1. Interlacustrine means between the lakes, the region around Lakes Victoria, Albert and Edward. 2. The centralised feudal states there were Buganda, Bunyoro, Karagwe, Toro, Ankole and Haya. 3. Mali, Songhai, Ghana and Kanem are the Sudanic states of the West African savanna. 4. Asante, Dahomey, Benin and Oyo are the West African forest states. 5. Answering with the Sudanic or forest states was the recorded error, because it ignores the regional restriction in the question. _Source: NECTA ACSEE 2023 History 112/1, Question 2: Pre-colonial African Societies_

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Which factor most directly gave interlacustrine states both better farming and stronger armies?

  1. The presence of good leaders
  2. The keeping of large cattle herds
  3. Participation in long distance trade
  4. The use of iron technology
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Correct answer: D. The use of iron technology

1. The question asks for the one factor that served two purposes at once. 2. Iron technology produced hoes and axes, which raised agricultural output. 3. The same technology produced spears and other weapons, which strengthened armies. 4. That surplus fed a larger population and the weapons secured and expanded the state. 5. Good leadership and trade were also genuine factors, but neither delivers the farming and military gain through a single technology. _Source: NECTA ACSEE 2023 History 112/1, Question 2: Pre-colonial African Societies_

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Catch the interlacustrine states

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Buganda
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Bunyoro
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Karagwe
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Ankole
  5. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Toro
  6. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Haya
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Mali
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Songhai
  9. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Asante
  10. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Dahomey
Category
Interlacustrine state
Instructions
Catch states of the interlacustrine region. Let the Sudanic and forest states fall.

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