Geography
Longest river in Africa with two sources in the Great Rift
What is the Nile
The smallest group of native Africans, mainly inhabiting forested regions in the Congo Basin and believed by Greek historian Herodotus to do yearly battle with migrating cranes.
Who are the Pygmies
Located on the Nile River, this kingdom set up its capitol at Meroe and built pyramid-monuments to its kings in the Iron Age.
What is the Kingdom of Kush (Kushites)
The single most important import into the Sudanese kingdoms of sub-Saharan Africa.
What is Salt
A pastoral and warrior tribe living in South Africa, their name begins with the last letter of the alphabet.
Who are the Zulu.
Hot, humid and desert region known for diamonds, this is also the name of a country.
What is South Africa
Recognizable for their tall statue, ebony skin and tightly curling hair, this people group can be found throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Who are the Bantu
Supposedly founded by the son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, this important Red Sea kingdom was also a major center of eastern Christian life in the Middle Ages.
What is the Kingdom of Axum (Ethiopia)
The slave trade profoundly disrupted this feature of traditional African societies (p. 318).
What is family-centered cooperation.
What is the Kalahari.
The tallest mountain in Africa, located in Tanzania and rising 19,340 feet from sea level.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro
Also known as the Hamitic peoples, this group can be found from Morocco to Egypt.
Who are the Afro-Asians
A major royal capitol and trading center in Mali, West Africa, known for its many manuscripts containing the wisdom of the Islamic world.
What is Timbuktu.
Who is Belgium.
This major European language is spoken in 26 African countries, including Guinea, Algeria, and Djibouti.
What is French.
Once a flourishing grassland, this is the third-largest desert in the world.
What is the Sahara.
Who are the Bushmen.
This Kingdom in central Africa was led by the Catholic warrior Queen Nzinga against Portuguese soldiery in the 17th century.
What is the Kingdom of Congo
Three major food types brought to the New World from Africa were the sweet potato, okra, and this bushy legume.
What is the peanut.
In the Ethiopian Church, the Bible is read in this literary language.
What is Ge'ez.
A major waterfall along the Zambezi River and named by missionary David Livingstone in 1855 after the reigning queen of Scotland.
What is Victoria Falls
"Egyptians" in Arabic, this is the name of the oldest surviving native Christian Church in north Africa, currently governed by Pope Tawadros II.
Who are the Copts (Coptic Church)
This ancient North African state ruled by a ruthless merchant class posed the greatest threat to the Roman Republic until its defeat in the second Punic War of 146 BC.
What is Carthage.
A style of music with African roots characterized by a strong but flexible rhythmic understructure with solo and ensemble improvisations on basic tunes and chord patterns.
What is Jazz.
Greek for "One Nature," this 5th century heresy is used to describe the beliefs of the Coptic and Ethiopian Churches about Christ.
What is Monophysite.