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What was Africa known as? Why?

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The Dark Continent; because little was know about it

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About ….. of Africa is covered with desert

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2/5

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The world’s largest desert

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Sahara

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What are the two major deserts of Africa? where are they located?

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Sahara (northern Africa) and Kalahari (Southern Africa) deserts

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Vast tracts of land characterized by wet and dry seasons

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Savannas

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Africa’s longest mountain range

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Atlas Mountains

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Through which countries does the Atlas Mountain expend?

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Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia

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Africa’s tallest mountain

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Mt. Kilimanjaro

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The world’s longest river

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Nile

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Africa’s largest lake/ is the source of the Nile

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Lake Victoria

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The world’s longest and second greatest lake/ is the source of water for the Congo River

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Lake Tanganyika

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The largest rift in the earth’s surface

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The Great Rift Valley

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13
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How was Christianity introduced to Ethiopia

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when Edesius and Frumentius where taken to ethiopia as slaves and started preaching the gospel

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African history began shortly after the Flood when descendants of Ham’s sons ……, ……., and …… migrated to Africa from Babel.

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Mizraim, Phut, Cush

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Where did Mizraim’s descendants settle?

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In Egypt

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Where did Phut’s descendants settle?

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In the region now occupied by the Sahara desert

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What is the region now occupied by the Sahara desert known as in the Bible

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Phut, Put, or Lybia

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18
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What does the name “Phut” mean

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A bow

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The greatest ancient civilization in Africa’s interior

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The Kingdom of Cush (or Kush)

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20
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Cushite warrior that came to Egypt and began a period of Sudanese rule over Egypt

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Piankhi

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In ancient times what was Cush often called

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Nubia or Ethiopia

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Cushite that helped the prophet Jeremiah when he was cast into prison by King Zedekiah of Judah

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Ebed-meleck

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The treasurer for Queen Candace of Cush, whom Phillip led to Christ

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Ethiopian Eunuch

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Who was the first African on record to become a Christian

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Ethiopian Eunuch

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One of the most mountainous regions of Africa and the location of modern Ethiopia

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Sabaea

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Former names for Sabaea

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Abyssinia and Kingdom of Aksum

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Queen that brought gold, precious stones, and costly prices as tribute to King Solomon on Jerusalem

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Queen of Sheba

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Two Christian youths from Rome that were shipwrecked and taken to Ethiopia as slaves

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Edesius and Frumentius

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What are three important and influential centers of Christianity

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Alexandria (Egypt)
Cyrene (Libya)
Carthage (Tunisia)

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remembered as the man who was compelled by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus

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Simon of Cyrene

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What was the city of the great early church fathers

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Carthage

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Who were the great early church fathers

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Tertullian an Cyprian

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Alexandria was the home of which two theologians

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Clement of Alexandria and Origen

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What is the Oldest surviving Christian hymn? Who wrote it?

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“Shepherd of Tender Youth”; Clement of Alexandria

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Who were the two greatest North African Christians

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Athanasius and Augustine

36
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Remembered for his saying “Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are not at rest until they rest in Thee.”

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Augustine

37
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Most like modern Somalia

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Punt

38
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Empire ruled by African tribal chiefs along the western coast of the continent near the Niger River

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Ghana Empire

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Middle Eastern Arabs brought salt, copper, and dried fruits to exchange for ……., ………., and …….

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Gold; ivory; slaves

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Empire that dominated most of what is now Gambia, Guinea, Mali, and Senegal from about A.D. 1200 until A.D. 1500

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Mali Empire

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Who was the greatest ruler of the Mali empire/ made the most important trading center into a famous center for learning and culture

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Mansa Musa

42
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Important trading center that was made into a famous center for learning and culture

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Timbuktu

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Empire that dominated West Africa in the late 1400s and throughout the 1500s

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Songhai Empire

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Who was the ruler of the Songhai Empire that possessed more power and wealth than any other west African rulers

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Askia the Great

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Powerful kingdom that arose along the southern coast of present-day Nigeria

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Kingdom of Benin

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Warrior known as the greatest ruler of Benin

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King Ewuare

47
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Thé largest Central African kingdom from the 1400s until the 1700s

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Thé Kingdom of the Kongo

48
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City that was the capital of Mwanamutapa and Chantagamine

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Zimbabwe

49
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The belief that natural objects and forces are inhabited by mostly malignant spirits

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Animism

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