Transformations in Southern Africa after 1750 is one of 9 topics in the Grade 10 History CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. How was Southern African society generally organised around 1750?
Around kinship (family and clan ties), in chiefdoms of varying size based on farming and cattle-keeping
Entirely within one single unified empire
With no political structures of any kind
Purely around individual trading companies
Answer: Around kinship (family and clan ties), in chiefdoms of varying size based on farming and cattle-keeping — Around 1750, Southern African society was generally organised around kinship, in chiefdoms of varying size, based on farming, cattle-keeping and, in some regions, trade.
Easy
2. Which chiefdoms expanded on the interior highveld partly by controlling trade in cattle, copper and ivory?
The southern Tswana chiefdoms
The Zulu kingdom
The Ndebele kingdom
The Basotho kingdom
Answer: The southern Tswana chiefdoms — The southern Tswana chiefdoms expanded on the interior highveld partly through controlling trade in goods such as cattle, copper and, later, ivory destined for Cape and coastal markets.
Medium
3. Which leader built the Ndwandwe kingdom into one of the most powerful and centralised kingdoms in the region around 1800-1810?
Answer: Zwide — Zwide built the Ndwandwe kingdom, north of the Thukela River, into one of the most powerful and centralised kingdoms in the region in the years around 1800-1810.
