Chapter 6: Other African Cultures Flashcards
What was the name given to Africa until about the 19th century?
the dark continent
What is a vast piece of land characterized by wet and dry seasons?
savanna
What is Africa’s longest mountain range? Largest mountain?
Atlas Mts. ; Mt. Kilimanjaro
What is the worlds longest river?
Nile
What is Africas largest lake? What is the worlds longest lake?
Lake Victoria; Lake Tanganika
What is the largest rift in the earths surface?
Great Rift Valley
What area was called Phut, Put, or Libya in the Bible?
the Sahara
What is the greatest ancient civilization in Africa’s interior?
Kingdom of Cush
Who began a period of Sudanese rule over Egypt?
Piankhi
What was the land of Cush called in ancient time?
Nubia or Ethiopia
Who helped the prophet Jeremiah when he was cast into prison?
Ebed-melech
Who was the most famous Cushite in world history and the first African on record to become a Christian?
Ethiopian eunuch
What is one of the most mountainous regions in Africa?
Sabaea
What was the name of modern Ethiopia?
Abyssinia
Who brought Ethiopia the gospel about AD 300?
Edesius and Frumentius