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Chapter 8
Africa
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |