People
This was the first bishop in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Frumentius
This body of water lies between Mozambique and Madagascar
Mozambique Channel
This landform juts out into the Arabian Sea and is shaped like a rhinoceros horn
Horn of Africa
This is the largest city in Africa and is also the capital of Egypt
Cairo
This peninsula at the southern tip of Africa forms one of the best harbors in Africa guarding a strategic position between the Atlantic and Indian oceans
The Cape of Good Hope
These were the tall herder-warriors that drove most of the other tribes out of Kenya except for the Kikuyu
Masai
This is the point where Africa and Asia are only 8 miles apart from one another
Strait of Gibraltar
These mountains lie in the northwest corner of Africa and are in the Sahara
Atlas Mountains
Freetown
This revolt was responsible for killing 1700 Africans and around 100 European settlers.
Mau Mau Rebellion
This Yoruba was the first black bishop to be ordained by the Church of England
Samuel Crowther
This is the longest river in Africa and the world
The Nile River
This dam allows for the year round irrigation in the Nile Valley
Aswan High Dam
This capital of Ethiopia is the only city that has over 2 million inhabitants
Addis Ababa
This deadly disease is spread by an infected mosquito biting a human host. It's responsible for about 1 million child deaths per year in Africa
Malaria
Nigeria is divided into 3 territories but controlled by 4 tribes. What are they?
Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, and Fulani
This is Africa's largest lake
Lake Victoria
This is the tallest mountain in Africa
Mt. Kilimanjaro
This became the capital of Nigeria due to its central location in an effort to mitigate the local tribes from fighting for control of it
Abuja
These nomadic tribes roam the desert in the French Sahel and tend camels, cattle, sheep, and goats
Tuaregs
This Ethiopian emperor was responsible for attempting to modernize Ethiopia and was mostly successful until he was deposed in 1974
Haile Selassie I
This body of water lies along the northeastern border of Africa and separates it from Saudi Arabia
Red Sea
This is the continent's most dramatic geographical feature. It's an enormous fracture in the earth's surface that runs from the Jordan River to Mozambique
Eastern Rift System or Great Rift Valley
This ancient kingdom was in modern day Ethiopia was Africa's first Christian kingdom
Aksum
Why is Africa known as the "Dark Continent"
Not much was known about it