Ch4 pp. 142-150 Flashcards
Tropical Africa
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Aksum
Africa’s first and greatest Christian kingdom around A.D. 300
Nigeria
A country with immense diversity
Samuel Adjai Crowther
The first black bishop to be ordained by the Church of England
Abuja
The capital of Nigeria
Ghana
The first African nation south of the Sahara to achieve independence from a colonial power.
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana’s first president
Sierra Leone and Liberia
Both were settled by free slaves
Freetown
The capital of Sierra Leone
Monrovia
The capital of Liberia
Lott Carey and Colin Teague
Two black American missionaries
Central Africa
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Congo River
The main river in Central Asia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Henry M. Stanley
Traced the Congo to its source in 1877.