Chapter 8

Question 0

The fourth largest island in the world

Answer 0

Madagascar

Question 1

The highest peak in Africa

Answer 1

Mount Kilimanjaro

Question 2

The kingdom that was the greatest ancient civilization in the interior of Africa

Answer 2

The kingdom of Cush

Question 3

The African nation that had a strong Christian influence in New Testament times

Answer 3

The land of Cush or Ethiopia

Question 4

Why was Ethiopia a strong Christian influence in Africa

Answer 4

A Cushite servant was led to Christ and took the gospel back to Africa

Question 5

A special fact that we know about the Ethiopian eunuch

Answer 5

He was the first recorded African Christian

Question 6

Africa’s first and greatest Christian kingdom

Answer 6

The kingdom of Aksum

Question 7

This king had churches carved out of solid rock

Answer 7

King Lalibela

Question 8

Northern Africa today is inhabited mostly by what group of people?

Answer 8

Arab Muslims

Question 9

This section of Africa carried on much trade during the middle ages

Answer 9

The East Coast where Kenya and Tanzania are today

Question 10

Why was Africa called the “White Man’s Grave?”

Answer 10

Exploring Africa was very difficult because of intense heat, dense jungle, and diseases like malaria and yellow fever

Question 11

The first European explorer of Africa

Answer 11

James Bruce

Question 12

The famous Scotsman who was one of the first missionaries in South Africa

Answer 12

Robert Moffat

Question 13

He ministered to people near what desert?

Answer 13

The Kalahari Desert

Question 14

Africa’s most famous explorer

Answer 14

David Livingstone

Question 15

What was called the “smoke that thunders?”

Answer 15

Victoria Falls

Question 16

Why was Victoria Falls called the “smoke that thunders?”

Answer 16

The waterfalls 360 feet into the Zambezi river making a thundering noise and huge columns of mist rise into the air like smoke

Question 17

Who went to find an assist Dr. Livingstone

Answer 17

Henry Stanley

Question 18

An early leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Answer 18

Frumentius

Question 19

One of the greatest leaders in church history he boldly proclaimed that Jesus is God

Answer 19

Athanasius the Great

Question 20

Greek slave who wrote famous fables

Answer 20

Aesop

Question 21

An important fact about James Bruce

Answer 21

He was the explorer looking for the source of the Nile River

Question 22

Important fact about Mungo Park

Answer 22

He explored the Niger river

Question 23

An important fact about Robert Moffat

Answer 23

He was one of the first missionaries to Africa

Question 24

And important fact about David Livingstone

Answer 24

He was the greatest of all African explorers

Question 25

An important fact about Henry Stanley

Answer 25

He was the American reporter who found Livingstone and later became a missionary explorer

Question 26

An important fact about Khama

Answer 26

He was an African chief who ruled his people in righteousness for 50 years

Question 27

An important fact about Samuel Crowther

Answer 27

He was the first black bishop of the Church of England

Question 28

An important fact about Mary Slessor

Answer 28

She was the "Queen of the Cannibals", a missionary to the African interior, and she raised 51 children

Question 29

The second largest continent

Answer 29

Africa

Question 30

The narrow waterway that separates Africa from Europe

Answer 30

The Strait of Gibraltar

Question 31

The man-made waterway that separates Africa from Asia

Answer 31

The Suez Canal

Question 32

The world's second largest river in water volume

Answer 32

The Congo River

Question 33

The country that led the way and exploration and evangelization of Africa

Answer 33

Scotland

Question 34

The "Dark Continent"

Answer 34

Africa

Question 35

The city famous as a center of learning in the Mali empire

Answer 35

Timbuktu

Question 36

The largest desert region in southern Africa

Answer 36

The Kalahari Desert

Question 37

Africa's first black republic

Answer 37

Liberia

Question 38

Whose heart was buried in Africa but his body buried in England?

Answer 38

David Livingstone's

Question 39

A medical doctor from Scotland who was a missionary in Africa

Answer 39

Dr. David Livingstone

Question 40

The world's highest peak

Answer 40

Mount Everest

Question 41

North America's highest peak

Answer 41

Mount McKinley in Alaska

Question 42

The Mountain climbed by daring mountaineers

Answer 42

The Matterhorn

Question 43

Europe's highest peak

Answer 43

Mount Elbrus

Question 44

The Alps' highest peak

Answer 44

Mont Blanc

Question 45

The level of sea waters

Answer 45

Sea level

Question 46

A long row of mountains

Answer 46

A mountain range

Question 47

The pointed top of a mountain

Answer 47

The peak

Question 48

Term used to describe an inactive volcano

Answer 48

Dormant

Question 49

The highest peak of a mountain

Answer 49

Summit

Question 50

The height above sea level

Answer 50

Altitude

Question 51

The righteous chief of the Batswanas

Answer 51

Khama

Question 52

Pioneer missionary and Bible translator

Answer 52

Robert Moffat

Question 53

The man who said, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

Answer 53

Henry Stanley

Question 54

Mountains in the Northwest part of Africa

Answer 54

Atlas Mountains

Question 55

The largest desert

Answer 55

The Sahara desert