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The fourth largest island in the world

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Madagascar

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The highest peak in Africa

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Mount Kilimanjaro

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

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The kingdom of Cush

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

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The land of Cush or Ethiopia

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Why was Ethiopia a strong Christian influence in Africa

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

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A special fact that we know about the Ethiopian eunuch

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He was the first recorded African Christian

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Africa’s first and greatest Christian kingdom

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The kingdom of Aksum

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This king had churches carved out of solid rock

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King Lalibela

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

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Arab Muslims

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

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The East Coast where Kenya and Tanzania are today

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

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

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The first European explorer of Africa

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James Bruce

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

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Robert Moffat

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He ministered to people near what desert?

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The Kalahari Desert

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Africa’s most famous explorer

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David Livingstone

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What was called the “smoke that thunders?”

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Victoria Falls

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

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

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Who went to find an assist Dr. Livingstone

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Henry Stanley

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An early leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church

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Frumentius

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

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Athanasius the Great

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Greek slave who wrote famous fables

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Aesop

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An important fact about James Bruce

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

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Important fact about Mungo Park

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He explored the Niger river

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An important fact about Robert Moffat

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He was one of the first missionaries to Africa

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And important fact about David Livingstone

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He was the greatest of all African explorers

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An important fact about Henry Stanley

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

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An important fact about Khama

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

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An important fact about Samuel Crowther

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He was the first black bishop of the Church of England

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An important fact about Mary Slessor

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

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The second largest continent

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Africa

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The narrow waterway that separates Africa from Europe

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The Strait of Gibraltar

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The man-made waterway that separates Africa from Asia

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The Suez Canal

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The world’s second largest river in water volume

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The Congo River

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

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Scotland

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The “Dark Continent”

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Africa

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

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Timbuktu

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The largest desert region in southern Africa

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The Kalahari Desert

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Africa’s first black republic

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Liberia

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

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David Livingstone’s

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A medical doctor from Scotland who was a missionary in Africa

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Dr. David Livingstone

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The world’s highest peak

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Mount Everest

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North America’s highest peak

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Mount McKinley in Alaska

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The Mountain climbed by daring mountaineers

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The Matterhorn

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Europe’s highest peak

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Mount Elbrus

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The Alps’ highest peak

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Mont Blanc

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The level of sea waters

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Sea level

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A long row of mountains

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A mountain range

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The pointed top of a mountain

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The peak

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Term used to describe an inactive volcano

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Dormant

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The highest peak of a mountain

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Summit

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The height above sea level

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Altitude

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The righteous chief of the Batswanas

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Khama

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Pioneer missionary and Bible translator

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Robert Moffat

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The man who said, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”

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Henry Stanley

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Mountains in the Northwest part of Africa

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Atlas Mountains

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The largest desert

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The Sahara desert

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