Explorers In Africa

Question 1

Who was David livingstone?

Answer 1

A Scottish missionary who pursued training in medicine and missionary work before moving to Africa in 1841

Question 2

When did livingstine arrive in South Africa, Cape Town?

Answer 2

1841

Question 3

Once livingstone reached Capetown, where did he go?

Hint - desert

Answer 3

North, explored the kalahari desert

Question 4

What did he discover in 1849?

What did he discover in 1851?

Answer 4

49 - lake Ngami

51 - Zambezi river

Question 5

Where did he reach in 1853?

He = livingstone

Answer 5

Luanda, western region of the coast of Africa

Question 6

What did livingstone name Zambezi falls?

Answer 6

Victoria falls - after queen Victoria

Question 7

Where did livingstone finally reach?

Answer 7

Quelimane

Now knowns as Mozambique

Question 8

What year did livingstone join the London missionary society?

Answer 8

1838

Question 9

In 1841 livingstone reached the Kalahari desert and meets the kulena people. Who did livingstone concert?

Answer 9

Sechele - the Kulenas leader

Question 10

In 1847 livingstone traveled to where?

What does he do there?

Answer 10

Kolobengtsets

Sets up a mission and learns the language
Teaches sechele how to read and write

Question 11

Why was livingstone able to set up a missionary in kuenaben?

Answer 11

• promise of literacy

- access to guns and gunpowder for local leaders who wanted to protect themselves from Arabic slave trade

Question 12

Why was livingstones mission different to others?

Hint - who was part of it?

Answer 12

He chose assistance from freed slaves, servants and native people

They eventually began deserting him

Question 13

In August 1866, livingstone reached what lake? What happened there?

Answer 13

Malawi

Supplies and medicine stolen

Question 14

Once his supplies were stolen at lake Malawi, where did livingstone go? What did he do?

Answer 14

Reaches lake tangamyika

Sends messages to Zanziear asking for help

Question 15

What did livingstone believe was the source of the Nile? What was it reallly

The Nike expedition 1866-68

Answer 15

Lucilaba river

Really part of the Congo

Question 16

What did livingstone witness in July 1871? Why was this traumatic for him?

Answer 16

Massacre of women at market in nyangwe (perpetrators were the slave traders)

Shocking as livingstone has established good working relationship with them to survive

Finally leaves and travels to ujiji

Question 17

What did DL believe would combat slavery?

Answer 17

“Trade, commerce and Christianity”

Question 18

Who was sent to find DL?

Answer 18

Henry Morton Stanley as Britain had not heard from DL in 6 years

Question 19

When did Stanley find livingstone?

Answer 19

1871

Found him in ujiji

Question 20

When does livingstine die?

Answer 20

April 1873

Question 21

The Brussels conference was in what year?

Answer 21

1876

Question 22

The Berlin conference was what year?

Answer 22

1884

Question 23

Why was Richard burton famous?

4 points

Answer 23

• polygot - spoke 29 languages
• army and diplomatic career
• one of only Europeans to enter Mecca
• translated erotic work in Victoria society

Question 24

Burton was a prolific writer.

What did he believe?
Criticise?
Wrote what?

Answer 24

He wrote anthopolgical work on native people in Africa

Critical of other explorers. Criticised the way empire was run

Didn’t think Christianity would help native thought Islam was better suited

Question 25

Horace Waller

Profile

Answer 25

Missionary and layman on universities mission under bishop Mackenzie

Corresponded with livingstone during his Zambezi mission

Wrote frequently till livingstone died

After Stanley discovered livingstone, wallet was entrusted with livingstones paper and work which he published

Question 26

What year did waller become a member of the anti slavery committee?

Answer 26

1870