| A | B |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Kinshasa |
| Egypt | Cairo |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
| Kenya | Niberia |
| South Africa | Cape Town |
| Sudan | Khartun |
| Tanzania | Dar el salaam |
| longest river in the world | Nile |
| one of the greatest natural wonders of Africa | Victoria Falls |
| an ancient African center of learning | Tim Buk Tu |
| the Egyptian sun god | Ra |
| obelisk | a tall pointed pillar built to honor the Egyptian sun god |
| King Tut | an Egyptian king |
| rosetta stone | the key to understanding hieroglyphics |
| khama | Great AFrican chief |
| dark continent | name sometimes given to Africa |
| Aswan High Dam | built to control the flooding in Egypt |
| papyrus | We get the word paper from this. |
| King Khufu | Great Pyramid was built for this pharoah. |
| mummification | the process of preserving an Egyptian body for eternity |
| Mediterranean Sea | Barbary Coast is located on this body of water. |
| pygmies | name given to descendants of the original inhabitants the the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Ham | descendants of Noah's son who migrated to Africa |
| Islam | main religion of Africa |
| David Livingstone | greatest of all African explorers |
| Queen of Cannibals | name given to Mary Slessor |
| Ethiopian eunuch | first recorded African Christian |
| Joseph | was made second in command of all of Egypt |
| altitude | height above sea level |
| dormant | long period of inactivity (volcano) |
| mountain | rise higher than surrounding land |
| peak | pointed top of a mountain |
| plain | a flat or level area of land |
| plateau | highland plain |
| sea level | level of the sea waters |
| summit | highest peak of a mountain |
| valley | the land between the hills or mountains |