Chapter 6 Flashcards
What was Africa known as? Why?
The Dark Continent; because little was know about it
About ….. of Africa is covered with desert
2/5
The world’s largest desert
Sahara
What are the two major deserts of Africa? where are they located?
Sahara (northern Africa) and Kalahari (Southern Africa) deserts
Vast tracts of land characterized by wet and dry seasons
Savannas
Africa’s longest mountain range
Atlas Mountains
Through which countries does the Atlas Mountain expend?
Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
Africa’s tallest mountain
Mt. Kilimanjaro
The world’s longest river
Nile
Africa’s largest lake/ is the source of the Nile
Lake Victoria
The world’s longest and second greatest lake/ is the source of water for the Congo River
Lake Tanganyika
The largest rift in the earth’s surface
The Great Rift Valley
How was Christianity introduced to Ethiopia
when Edesius and Frumentius where taken to ethiopia as slaves and started preaching the gospel
African history began shortly after the Flood when descendants of Ham’s sons ……, ……., and …… migrated to Africa from Babel.
Mizraim, Phut, Cush
Where did Mizraim’s descendants settle?
In Egypt
Where did Phut’s descendants settle?
In the region now occupied by the Sahara desert
What is the region now occupied by the Sahara desert known as in the Bible
Phut, Put, or Lybia
What does the name “Phut” mean
A bow
The greatest ancient civilization in Africa’s interior
The Kingdom of Cush (or Kush)
Cushite warrior that came to Egypt and began a period of Sudanese rule over Egypt
Piankhi
In ancient times what was Cush often called
Nubia or Ethiopia
Cushite that helped the prophet Jeremiah when he was cast into prison by King Zedekiah of Judah
Ebed-meleck
The treasurer for Queen Candace of Cush, whom Phillip led to Christ
Ethiopian Eunuch
Who was the first African on record to become a Christian
Ethiopian Eunuch
One of the most mountainous regions of Africa and the location of modern Ethiopia
Sabaea
Former names for Sabaea
Abyssinia and Kingdom of Aksum
Queen that brought gold, precious stones, and costly prices as tribute to King Solomon on Jerusalem
Queen of Sheba
Two Christian youths from Rome that were shipwrecked and taken to Ethiopia as slaves
Edesius and Frumentius
What are three important and influential centers of Christianity
Alexandria (Egypt)
Cyrene (Libya)
Carthage (Tunisia)
remembered as the man who was compelled by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus
Simon of Cyrene
What was the city of the great early church fathers
Carthage
Who were the great early church fathers
Tertullian an Cyprian
Alexandria was the home of which two theologians
Clement of Alexandria and Origen
What is the Oldest surviving Christian hymn? Who wrote it?
“Shepherd of Tender Youth”; Clement of Alexandria
Who were the two greatest North African Christians
Athanasius and Augustine
Remembered for his saying “Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are not at rest until they rest in Thee.”
Augustine
Most like modern Somalia
Punt
Empire ruled by African tribal chiefs along the western coast of the continent near the Niger River
Ghana Empire
Middle Eastern Arabs brought salt, copper, and dried fruits to exchange for ……., ………., and …….
Gold; ivory; slaves
Empire that dominated most of what is now Gambia, Guinea, Mali, and Senegal from about A.D. 1200 until A.D. 1500
Mali Empire
Who was the greatest ruler of the Mali empire/ made the most important trading center into a famous center for learning and culture
Mansa Musa
Important trading center that was made into a famous center for learning and culture
Timbuktu
Empire that dominated West Africa in the late 1400s and throughout the 1500s
Songhai Empire
Who was the ruler of the Songhai Empire that possessed more power and wealth than any other west African rulers
Askia the Great
Powerful kingdom that arose along the southern coast of present-day Nigeria
Kingdom of Benin
Warrior known as the greatest ruler of Benin
King Ewuare
Thé largest Central African kingdom from the 1400s until the 1700s
Thé Kingdom of the Kongo
City that was the capital of Mwanamutapa and Chantagamine
Zimbabwe
The belief that natural objects and forces are inhabited by mostly malignant spirits
Animism
