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Chapter 8
Africa
Term | Definition |
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Mount. Kilimanjaro | Africa's highest peak. |
Africa | The second largest continent.Also called "Dark Continent." |
Madagascar | Worlds fourth largest island. |
Kingdom of Cush | The greatest ancient civilization in Africa's interior. |
Kingdom of Aksum | Africa's first and greatest Christian kingdom. |
King Lalibela | Carved ten churches from solid rock. |
Kalahari Desert | The largest desert region in South Africa. |
Victoria Falls | Africa's largest waterfall, also one of the greatest natural wonders of the word. |
Dr.Livingstone | He got attact by a lion in Africa while walking also died while praying to God. |
Congo River | The world's second largest river in the volume of water it carries. |
Henry Stanley | When to search for Dr.Livingstone, also said "Dr.Livingstone, I presume?" and know it is a famous saying. |
Liberia | Africa's first black republic. |
Khama | Changed the ways of his tribe and showed them to the Lord. |
Samual Crowther | First black bishop the Church of England ever had. |
Mary Slessor | She calmed the people down when they wanted war. |
Liberia | Africa's first black republic. |
Aesop | Greek slave who wrote famous fables. |
James Bruce | The first European explorer of Africa. |
Mongo Park | The other first European explorer who went to find the source of the Nile. |
Robert Moffat | Another Scotsman, was one of the first missionaries to Africa. |
Suez Canal | A man made water way that seperats Africa from Asia. |