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1
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How many countries are there in Africa?

A

54

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What is the reason for Africa looking so small on the map?

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The Mercator Projection Map

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Where was Axum?

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In modern-day Ethiopia, by the Horn of Africa

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4
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What was Axum’s main religion?

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Christianity (300 AD)

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What was Axum’s church called and what do they claim to be holding to this day?

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The Rock-Hewn Church of Lalibela
The Ark of the Covenant

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Who did Axum’s rulers claim to descend from?

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King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

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What is the book of the Kings of Axum?

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The Kebra Nagast

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8
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What are the two Biblical connections to Ethiopia?

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Frankincense
The Ark of the Covenant

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9
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What was built in honor of the kings of Axum?

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Obelisks

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Mansa Musa was the Emperor of what Empire? What is the Capital?

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Mali
Timbuktu

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What two things were transported to Timbuktu making it rich?

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Gold and Salt

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12
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Timbuktu became ______ __ _____ ___ ________

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center of trade and learning

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13
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Muslim House of Worship

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Mosque

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14
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Who saved thousands of books from the conquerors of Timbuktu?

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Librarians

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Latitude

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E to W lines, measure N and S

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Longitude

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N to S lines, measure E and W

17
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National Poem of Mali

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Epic of Sundiata
fights monsters

18
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Singers and wisdom keepers in Mali

A

Griots

19
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Who made the cycle of The Rise and Fall of the Civilizations based in Mali?

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Ibn Khaldun

20
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1st gen.

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Hard times create strong people

21
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2nd Gen.

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Strong people create good times

22
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3rd Gen.

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Good times create weak people

23
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4th Gen

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Weak people create hard times

24
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Combination of Mali and English

A

Gullah

25
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Below the Sahara

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Sub-Saharan Africa

26
Q

What languages come from Rome

A

Romance Languages

27
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What languages come from Africa

A

The Bantu Language family

28
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One of the largest movements of population and language in History

A

The Bantu Expansion

29
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The Bantu people were

A

Skilled in agriculture
had iron-working tech

30
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Click languages

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Khoisan – fled to the desert
Pygmy – fled to the forest (usually shorter)

31
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This City of Stone was built around 1500 with no cement

A

Great Zimbabwe

32
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Who took over Zimbabwe and what did he call the country?

A

Cecil Rhodes (Rhodesia)

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