A. Reading comprehension – Multiple-choice questionnaire
Read the article ‘Cultural Notes’ on pages 26-29 of
English Now
No 121 and choose the correct answer.
1. Which African lake is the second deepest in the world?
a. Lake Victoria
b. Lake Tanganyika
c. Lake Malawi
2. Where does the name ‘Tanzania’ come from?
a. It’s a Maasai word meaning ‘beautiful’.
b. It’s the name of the first people who lived there.
c. It’s a combination of the words ‘Tanganyika’ and ‘Zanzibar’.
3. When did people first settle in Tanzania?
a. 15,000 BC
b. 10,000 BC
c. 5,000 BC
4. Which country was not a part of the German East African colonies?
a. Rwanda
b. Uganda
c. Tanzania
5. Which country took control of Zanzibar in 1890?
a. Germany
b. The United Kingdom
c. France
6. What was the name of the 1905 rebellion that opposed German colonisers to Tanzanian tribes?
a. the Maji Maji rebellion
b. the Hehe rebellion
c. the Kionga rebellion
7. The United Kingdom took over Tanganyika after which event?
a. the Maji Maji rebellion
b. World War I
c. World War II
8. When did Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to become Tanzania?
a. 1914
b. 1946
c. 1964
9. What is the capital city of Tanzania today?
a. Dodoma
b. Mwanza
c. Dar es Salaam
10. Where did Mary Leakey find a prehistoric man’s skull?
a. at the Kilimanjaro’s summit
b. on a beach in Zanzibar
c. in the Olduvai Gorge
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