GUIDING QUESTIONS:
GUIDING QUESTIONS:
- According to the TedEd video, what does the Shona word Madzimbabwe mean?
- What happened to this site in 1986?
- What are three main areas of Great Zimbabwe? What were the functions of these three areas?
- What was the highest population that ever lived in Great Zimbabwe? (Note: the video and article vary sightly, so create a range)
- What three prized items did the city control the trade of?
- What theories do archaeologists believe led to Great Zimbabwe’s decline?
- How are the ruins of Great Zimbabwe alluded to on the flag of the nation of Zimbabwe?
- What peoples built and inhabited Great Zimbabwe?
- How was the conical tower thought to have functioned?