Q 01/05

Angola is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world after which nation?

A) Mozambique

B) Brazil

C) Portugal

D) Guinea-Bissau

Answer · why

B) Brazil

It ranks second in both area and population among Lusophone countries.

Q 02/05

Which Angolan province is an exclave separated from the rest of the country by DR Congo?

A) Zaire

B) Uíge

C) Namibe

D) Cabinda

Answer · why

D) Cabinda

Its offshore oil earned it the nickname 'the Kuwait of Africa'.

Q 03/05

The name Angola derives from 'ngola', the title held by the kings of which two kingdoms?

A) Ndongo and Matamba

B) Kongo and Loango

C) Ovimbundu and Mbunda

D) Lunda and Luba

Answer · why

A) Ndongo and Matamba

The Portuguese name Reino de Angola appears in a charter of 1571.

Q 04/05

Which kingdom dominated the region from the 14th century and met the Portuguese in 1483?

A) Ndongo

B) Matamba

C) Kongo

D) Mbunda

Answer · why

C) Kongo

It stretched from modern Gabon to the Kwanza River, and later fought three wars against Portugal.

Q 05/05

Which Portuguese explorer reached the Angolan coast in 1484?

A) Vasco da Gama

B) Diogo Cão

C) Bartolomeu Dias

D) Pedro Álvares Cabral

Answer · why

B) Diogo Cão

The Portuguese set up their first trading post at Soyo, at the mouth of the Congo.