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What is the Aksum Kingdom?
A- An ancient kingdom in the Ghana Kingdom with gold and silver.
B- an ancient kingdom that flourished in north-eastern Africa from the 1st century BC until
the early 7th century AD.
C- An ancient kingdom in South Africa which was full of diamonds.
2. What was the capital of the Aksum kingdom?
A- the city of Aksum
B- the city of Askum
C- Kumas city
3. Aksum ancient kingdom's capital city lies in the northern part of which country today?
A- Eritrea
B- Ghana
C- Ethiopia
4. Aksum was a powerful trading centre which controlled the highlands of northern Ethiopia
and the Red Sea coast of present-day Eritrea.
A- True
B- False
5. Aksum was culturally closely associated in terms of language and tradition with people of
which area?
A- people of southern Arabia
B- People of Sothern Somalia
C- People of southern Asia
6. The kingdom of Aksum was developed from a group of smaller states such as Da’amat which
existed since the 5th century BC.
A- True
B- False
7. Who was the first known Aksumite king?
A- Gedarat
B- Zoskales
C- Azeba
8. The earliest known Aksumite coins, which date from about 270, bear the name of which
King?
A- King Ezana
B- King Endubis
C- King Gedarat
9. Who was one of the most important kings of Aksum ancient kingdom and what was he
known for?
A- King Ezana, extensive military campaigns and the king to converted to be a Christian
which affected the culture of Aksum kingdom.
B- king Kaleb, extensive military campaigns
C- King Gedarat, the spread of Islam
10. In the 7th century, the spread of Islam isolated the Aksum kingdom, limiting Aksumite
influence to its immediate surroundings.
A- True
B- False
11. The Aksum ancient kingdom became a less powerful state in the 7th century and by the 10th
century, the kingdom was fully disintegrated.
A- True
B- False
12. What was the power of the Aksum kingdom largely based on?
A- Military
B- Tradition
C- Trade
13. What were some of the local products exported by the Aksumites?
A- Powder, fish, diamond, silver
B- Steel, foodstuff, guns, woods
C- Ivory, tortoiseshell, hippopotamus hide, spices, incense, gold, obsidian, emeralds and
other precious stones, and slaves.
14. Aksum was famous for erecting large stones stelae (stone pillars) to adorn their tombs.
A- True
B- False