Capitals/Maps
Kings/Pharaohs
Terms
Rulers
Kingdoms/Empires
100
Morocco
Rabat
100
first king of Morocco
Sultan Mohammed V
100
dry, dusty wind that blows across northwestern Africa
harmattan
100
leader who ruled at the height of the Mali Empire
Mansa Musa
100
first of the great trading empires in Western Africa
Ghana Empire
200
Egypt
Cairo
200
boy who became king at age 9
Tutankhamen
200
plant that grew on the banks of the Nile River
papyrus
200
led a group in overthrowing Egypt's monarchy
Gamal Abdel Nasser
200
first African Christian kingdom
Kingdom of Aksum
300
Libya
Tripoli
300
pharaoh who ruled during ancient Egypt's time of greatest wealth and power
Thutmose III
300
tall, pointed pillar that Egyptians built to honor their gods
obelisk
300
Egyptian president who signed a peace treaty with Israel
Anwar el-Sadat
300
European countries rushed to claim territory in Africa
Scramble for Africa
400
Sudan
Khartoum
400
first king of a united Egypt
Menes
400
large stone slab covered in Egyptian and Greek writing
Rosetta Stone
400
Egypt's most famous female pharaoh
Hatshepsut
400
Africa's largest archaeological site south of the Sahara Desert
Great Zimbabwe
500
Identify the Red Sea, the Nile River, the Suez Canal, and the Sahara Desert
500
dictator of Libya
Muammar al-Qaddafi
500
manmade waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea
Suez Canal
500
king who built the Great Pyramid of Egypt
Khufu
500
the only African country to have coastlines on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
Morocco