Zimbabwe Flashcards

1
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official name

A

Republic of Zimbabwe

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2
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capital city

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Harare

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3
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Independence

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18 April 1980

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4
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president

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Emmerson Mnangagwa

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5
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flag

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green yellow red black red yellow green horizontally with a white flag on the left and a red star behind the golden bird

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6
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when — first encountered—…

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When Europeans first encountered the Great Zimbabwe Kingdom in the 16th century, they refused to believe that Native Africans built such a civilization

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7
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the Great Zimbabwe Monument

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was constructed between the 11th and 14th centuries by the indigenous Shona People

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8
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the monument is testament to

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the ancient African civilisation that existed before colonisation

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9
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In the monument, there were

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a series of cultural artefacts, including soapstone bird carvings, each known as the Zimbabwe Bird

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10
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The artworks were

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pillaged and sent to museums across Europe

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who took some of the stone-carved birds to South Africa

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American coloniser, Cecil John Rhodes

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12
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were the birds returned

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four were returned in 1981, a year after Zimbabwe gained its independence

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13
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a part of one of the birds

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ended up in the hands of a German missionary

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14
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what did the German do with it

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sold it to the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, 1907

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15
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The museum finally handed back the piece to Zimbabwe in

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2003

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16
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The iconic Zimbabwe Bird is

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an emblem of the country, appearing on the national flag and coat of arms

17
Q

how many languages does Zimbabwe have

A

16 official languages

18
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It once held the Guinness World Record for

A

the country with the most official languages

19
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The official languages are

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Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda and Xhosa

20
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it has the world’s greatest

A

sheet of falling water, the Mosi-oa-Tunya/ Victoria Falls

21
Q

The waterfall was named after

A

Queen Victoria by Scottish explorer David Livingstone

22
Q

Mosi-oa-Tunya mean

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“the smoke that thunders” in the Kololo and Lozi languages

23
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Victoria Falls is

A

one of the seven wonders of the natural world

24
Q

where is the waterfall located

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in Zimbabwe and Zambia

25
waterfall height and width
it stands at an altitude of about 915 metres above mean sea level (a.m.s.l.) and is 1,708 metres wide
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it has the largest
man-made lake and reservoir in the world by volume
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the lake lies
1300km upstream from the Indian Ocean and along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe
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size of lake
2276 km long and up to 40 km wide in some places
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the lake/reservoir provides
electricity to both Zambia and Zimbabwe