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?