Question

True or false?

Answer 1

Cause: Arab, Persian and Indian merchants mixed with Bantu-speaking African peoples when they established port cities such as Mogadishu and Mombasa.

Effect: Swahili language and culture flourished in the city-states of the Swahili Coast, and remain a dominant influence in the region today.

Answer 2

Cause: Beginning in the 10th century, cattle-herding peoples migrated from the north to central Africa and settled in the region of the Great Lakes.

Effect: A new social order emerged in which cattle-herders such as the Tutsi came to dominate local agricultural communities and established new kingdoms, such as Rwanda.