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World History Ch.8
Questions Ancient Africa
Question | Answer |
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What is the second largest continent? | Africa |
What narrow waterway separates Africa from Europe? | Strait of Gibraltar |
What man-made waterway separates Africa from Asia? | Suez Canal |
What is the fourth largest island in the world? | Madagascar |
What is the world's second largest river in water volume? | Congo |
Which country led the way in exploration and evangelization of Africa? | Scotland |
The greatest ancient civilization of Africa's interior | Kingdom of Cush |
the first and greatest Christian kingdom of Africa | Kingdom of Aksum |
the city famous as a center of learning in the Mali Empire | Timbuktu |
the largest desert region in Southern Africa | Kalahari |
Africa's largest waterfall; the "smoke that thunders" | Victoria Falls |
Africa's first black republic | Liberia |
What made early exploration and missionary efforts in Africa so dangerous? | Intense heat, dense vegetation, dangerous tropical diseases. The slave trade also made it dangerous. |