Answer Key

1. (E) Paragraph 1 states: "KwaZulu translates to mean "Place of Heaven."

2. (B) Paragraph 1 states: ""Natal' was the name the Portuguese explorers gave this region when they arrived in 1497"

3. (C) Paragraph 1 states: "By the late 1700s, the AmaZulu clan, meaning "People of Heaven,' constituted a significant nation."

4. South Africa. The first sentence of Paragraph 1 states that KwaZulu-Natal is a South African province.

5. 1497. Paragraph 1 states: "Portuguese explorers ..: arrived in 1497."

6. 11 million. Midway through paragraph 1 the passage states: "Today the Zulu clan represents the largest ethnic group in South Africa, with at least 11 million people in the kingdom."

7. False. Paragraph 2 talks about how the Egyptians were the first to bring beads to the area, though the British later facilitated the trade.

8. Not Given. Paragraph 2 states that Henry Frances Flynn brought glass beads to the region, but it doesn't state anywhere that he earned a lot of money doing this.

9. False. Paragraph 3 states: "The Zulu people were not fooled into believing that glass beads were precious stones but, rather, used the beads to establish certain codes and rituals in their society."

10. True. Paragraphs 3 discusses how beads are used for adornment, education, recreation, and communication.

11. True. Paragraph 3 discusses how bead-covered gourds are carried around by women who are having fertility problems. "Fertility problems" means difficulty becoming and staying pregnant.

12. unmarried man. Paragraph 4 states: "A triangle with the apex pointing downward signifies an unmarried man.

13. married man. Paragraph 4 states that "married men signify their marital status with two triangles that form an hourglass shape."

14. married woman. Paragraph 4 states: "Married women wear items with twb triangles that form a diamond shape."

15. unmarried woman. Paragraph 4 states that a triangle "with the tip pointing upward is worn by an unmarried woman." 

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