8.1-8.3 Flashcards
What is Africas highest peek
Mount Kilimanjaro
What is the second largest continent
Africa
What separates Africa and Europe
Strait of Gilbratar
What canal divides Africa from Asia
Suez Canal
What’s the world’s fourth largest island?
Madagascar
Why did Europeans call Africa the dark continent?
Europeans did not know details about Africa
Who are Hams sons
Mizraim, Phut, Cush
Where did Phut settle
Sahara desert
What’s the greatest ancient civilization of Africa’s interior?
Kingdom of Cush
Who’s the first recorded African Christian?
Ethiopian eunuch
Where is Africa’s first and greatest Christian kingdom
Kingdom of Aksum
Where is the kingdom of Aksum
Sheba
Who went to Solomon and brought back the Jewish religion?
Queen of Sheba
Who is the leader of the Christian Church in Ethiopia?
Frumentious
Who carved 10 churches out of rock
King Lalibela
Who proclaimed that Jesus is God
Athanasious the Great
What’s the ancient center of learning
Timbuktu
What Did Europeans die from?
Yellow fever, sleeping sickness, malaria, and slavery animals
Who is the first explorer of Africa that found the source of the Nile river
James Bruce
Who is the explorer of the Niger river
Mungo Park
Who is a pioneer missionary to Southern Africa
Robert Moffat
What is the largest dessert in Southern Africa
Kalahari Dessert
Who is Africas most famous explorer
David living stone
