People
Powerful ruler of the Mali Empire at its height
Who is Mansa Musa?
The most significant contribution during the Roman rule of Northern Africa was the introduction of this
What is Christianity?
An ancient form of writing based on pictures developed in Egypt
What is hieroglyphics?
The first of the great trading empires in Western Africa
What is Ghana Empire?
Verbal histories, legends, and information passed down from one generation to the next
What are oral traditions?
Some of the earliest inhabitants of Northern Africa
Who are the Berbers?
European countries rushed in to claim territory throughout all of Africa
What is the Scramble for Africa?
A stone slab covered in Greek and Egyptian writing that helped scholars unlock the secrets of hieroglyphs
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The largest archaeological site south of the Sahara Desert
What is Great Zimbabwe?
Egypt's capital until the Middle Ages
What is Alexandria?
First king of a united Egypt
Who is Menes?
Deadliest storm in Africa since 1900 striking Libya and killing thousands in 2023
What is Storm Daniel?
Egypt's president Anwar Sadat signed a peace treaty with this country in 1978
What is Israel?
Africa's easternmost peninsula
What is the Horn of Africa?
Dry, dusty wind that blows across northwestern Africa
What is a harmattan?
Pharaoh who built the Great Pyramind
Who is Khufu?
Egypt became a republic after this man led a group in overthrowing the monarchy in 1952
Who is Gamal Abdel Nasser?
A structure completed during Nasser's presidency to control the Nile River, allowing continual irrigation of farmland
What is Aswan High Dam?
The largest hot desert in the world
What is the Sahara?
The largest country in Africa
What is Algeria?
Pharaoh during ancient Egypt's time of greatest power and wealth
Who is Thutmose III?
Morocco was established as a monarchy when he became its first king
Who is Sultan Mohammed V?
Location of the largest religious complex in ancient Egypt
What is Karnak?
Africa's first Christian kingdom
What is Kingdom of Aksum?
The only African country with coastlines along both the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
What is Morocco?