Early African Civilizations Packet

African peoples known for their skill with bow and arrow

Ham’s son; his descendants settled in African interior (modern day Somalia, Sudan, & Ethiopia)

Alexandria was home to two important Christian church theologians

most powerful and wealthy ruler of the Songhai Empire

Mali's Greatest ruler was ________, who established Timbuktu as center for learning and culture

The Ethiopian Eunuch mentioned in Acts 8:26-40 was from _______________.

In addition to kingdoms and empires in Africa, many _____ lived in the African interior.

largest central African kingdom from the 1400s to 1700s.

modern day Somalia; area known for trading with Asia as early as 1500 B.C.

largest rift in the earth’s surface

Cushite warrior who overcame Egypt and began a period of Sudanese rule in Egypt

desert covering Southern Africa

________________ is the world’s largest desert and covers North Africa.

¨Africa’s largest mountain range

In early times, the Sahara wasn’t a desert, but a fertile plain.

Which of Noah's sons migrated to Africa?

Why was Africa called the Dark Continent?

Which African civilization adopted Christianity as official religion in A.D. 300?

Animism included all of the following except

Africa’s largest lake

King of Axum who became a Christian

Which of Ham's sons settled in Egypt?

__________ of Africa is covered with Desert.

Geographical features include all of the following except______________.

All of the following were major cities of early Christianity in North Africa except

they developed distinctive style of art cast in bronze

became the first bishop of the Ethiopian Christian Church.

Queen of Sheba probably came from this area

the belief that natural objects and forces are inhabited by malignant spirits.

spokesman for the deity of Christ and the Trinity at the Council of Nicaea

In ancient times, the people of Cush (Kush) were called all of the following except

Carthage was home to two early Church fathers who were killed for being Christians.

Which of Ham's sons settled in the area around the Sahara and modern day Libya?

Animism caused many of these tribes to be uncultured and primitive

____________ is Africa’s tallest mountain.

man who the Romans made carry the cross of Christ when he could no longer bear the weight

In A.D. 1400s, monopolized trade across the Sahara; had more power & wealth than other Africans

important African center for Islamic learning and culture

Today, Christianity is the predominant religion in North Africa.

two Christian Romans who were shipwrecked and taken to Ethiopia as slaves & spread the Gospel

Africa’s longest river

Dominated trade across Sahara A.D. 300 to 1200; traded gold, ivory, slaves, and leather goods

What was the greatest kingdom in ancient Africa other than Egypt?

By A.D. 700, North Africa was controlled by _____________ conquerors.

west African kingdom dominated modern day Gambia, Mali, and Senegal A.D. 1200 to A.D. 1500.

Arose during the 1200s along the southern coast of present day Nigeria

formerly the capital two Southern Empires, formerly known as Rhodesia

was the bishop who championed salvation by grace alone and not works

vast tracts of land characterize by wet and dry seasons—mainly grasses and small shrubs

world’s longest and second deepest freshwatwer lake