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Chapter 6: Other African Cultures Flashcards

1
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What was the name given to Africa until about the 19th century?

A

the dark continent

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2
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What is a vast piece of land characterized by wet and dry seasons?

A

savanna

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3
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What is Africa’s longest mountain range? Largest mountain?

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Atlas Mts. ; Mt. Kilimanjaro

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4
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What is the worlds longest river?

A

Nile

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5
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What is Africas largest lake? What is the worlds longest lake?

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Lake Victoria; Lake Tanganika

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6
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What is the largest rift in the earths surface?

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Great Rift Valley

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7
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What area was called Phut, Put, or Libya in the Bible?

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the Sahara

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8
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What is the greatest ancient civilization in Africa’s interior?

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Kingdom of Cush

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9
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Who began a period of Sudanese rule over Egypt?

A

Piankhi

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10
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What was the land of Cush called in ancient time?

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Nubia or Ethiopia

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11
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Who helped the prophet Jeremiah when he was cast into prison?

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Ebed-melech

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12
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Who was the most famous Cushite in world history and the first African on record to become a Christian?

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Ethiopian eunuch

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13
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What is one of the most mountainous regions in Africa?

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Sabaea

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14
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What was the name of modern Ethiopia?

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Abyssinia

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15
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Who brought Ethiopia the gospel about AD 300?

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Edesius and Frumentius

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16
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Name the cities that were important and influential centers of Christianity

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Alexandria, Cyrene, and Carthage

17
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Who carried Jesus’ cross?

A

Simon of Cyrene

18
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Which early church fathers from Carthage were martyrs for the faith?

A

Tertullian and Cyprain

19
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Alexandria was home to what two theologians?

A

Clement and Origen

20
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What is the oldest surviving Christian hymn?

A

“Shepard of Tender Youth”

21
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Who were the two greatest North African Christians?

A

Athanasius and Augustine

22
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What empire dominated trade across the Saraha between AD 300-1200

A

Ghana Empire

23
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What empire rose after Ghana and ruled from AD 1200-1500?

A

Mali Empire

24
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Who was the greatest ruler of the Mali Empire? What famous city did he make?

A

Mansa Musa; Timbuktu

25
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what was the third great African kingdom?

A

Songhai empire

26
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Who possessed more power and wealth than any other west African rulers?

A

Askia the great

27
Q

Under what kingdom did present Nigeria reside?

A

Kingdom of Benin

28
Q

Who extended the boundaries of the kingdom of Benin in the 1400s and is remembered in oral histories as the greatest ruler of Benin?

A

King Ewuare

29
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What is the belief that natural objects in forces are inhabited mean by mostly malignant spirits?

A

animism

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