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
