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 |