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7-SS_6-2
Core7 SS Ch. 6 Lesson 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Bantu-speaking people who settled in southern Africa and established a thriving empire in the ninth century. | the Shona |
| The largest of the Shona settlements and the center of the empire; located in an area good for farmning and near key trade routes. | Great Zimbabwe |
| The walled section of Great Zimbabwe where it is believed that kings and queens of the Shona empire lived. | Great Enclosure |
| The kingdom that replaced Great Zimbabwe, founded in a fertile valley north of Great Zimbabwe. | Mutapa |
| The Shona and the Mutapa empires arose on the fertile land between two rivers - the Limpopo River and this river. | Zambezi River |
| The settlement encircled by large stone walls; the term comes from a Shona phrase that means "houses of stone". | zimbabwe |
| Brick made from mud and clay that was used to construct elaborate buildings in the Great Enclosure of Great Zimbabwe. | daga |
| The wealth and power of both Great Zimbabwe and the Mutapa Empire relied on control of the trade of this precious metal. | gold |
| Founder of the Mutapa Empire who conquered most of present-day Zimbabwe. | Mutota the Conqueror |
| European country that eventually conquered the Mutapa Empire. | Portugal |