| A | B |
|---|
| Many archeologists believe its the birthplace of the human race | Africa |
| First civilization to appear in Northern Africa | Nubians |
| Was just south of Egypt around 3000 BC | Nubia |
| Eventually turned into Kush | Nubia |
| Around 1500 BC they started controlling Kush for 500 years | Egyptians |
| Around 330 AD the king of Axum was converted to ___ by a pair of shipwrecked missionaries | Christianity |
| Axum became known as | Ethiopia |
| Around 300 AD a new and powerful kingdom emerged in West Africa called ___. | Ghana |
| Around 1200 AD a small city-state controlled by Ghana named ___ was able to win its independence. | Mali |
| A strong military leader by the name of ___ conquered much of the former Kingdoms of Ghana and Mali around 1400 AD | Sunni Ali |
| Genetic evidence shows that until about 60,000 years ago ___was the only place on earth where modern people lived. | Africa |
| What caused the population in Africa to grow so rapidly between 6000 BC and 3000 BC? | farming |
| The first African kingdom (and probably the first big kingdom anywhere) was in ___. | Egypt |
| Now known as Sudan | Kush |
| Existed from about 3800 BC to 1400 AD | Kingdom of Kush/Nubia |
| Also known as Kush | Nubia |
| Name of the river that supported life in Egypt and Kush | Nile |
| Famous desert in northern Africa | Sahara |
| Existed from about 400 AD to 1230 AD | Kingdom of Ghana |
| The Kingdom of Ghana was replaced by the ___ | Kingdom of Mali |
| About 700 BC, the Phoenicians conquered part of North Africa and founded the city of ___. | Carthage |
| They spread out from West Africa around 300 BC | Bantu |
| They flourished in central Nigeria between 500 BC and 200 AD. | Nok |
