STUDY GUIDE

AFRICAN LANDSCAPE:
DESERTS:2/5 OF AFRICAN CONTINENTS IS COVERD WITH DESERT
SAHARA:IN NORTH AFRICA
KALAHARI:IN SOUTH AFRICA
SAVANNA:LAND CHARACTERIZED BY WET AND DRY SEASONS;COVERED BY GRASSES AND SHRUBS
MOUNTAINS
ATLAS MOUNTAIN RANGE: AFRICA LONGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE
MT. KILIMANJARO:AFRICA TALLEST MOUNTAIN
NILE RIVER:LONGEST RIVER
LAKE VICTORIA:LARGEST LAKE
GREAT RIFT VALLEY:LARGEST RIFT IN THE EARTH SURFACE
AFRICAN HISTORY:
BEGAN AFTER THE:FLOOD
EBED MELECH:HELPED JEREMIAH WHEN HE WAS CAST INTO PRISON BY KING ZEDEKIAH;FAMOUS CUSHITES
UNNAMED ETHIOPIAN: MOST FAMOUS CUSHITE IN WORLD HISTORY; TREASURER FOR QUEEN CLANDANCE OF CUSH;PHILIP LED THIS TREASUERS TO CHRIST
EDESIUS:HE WAS SHIP WRECKED AND TAKEN 2 ETHOPIA AS SLAVES;PREACHED THE GOSPEL;CREDITED WITH BRINGING CHRISTIANITY 2 AFRICA
FRUMENTIUS: HE WAS SHIP WRECKED AND TAKEN 2 ETHOPIA AS SLAVES;PREACHED THE GOSPEL;CREDITED WITH BRINGING CHRISTIANITY 2 AFRICA;1ST BISHOP OF THE ETHIOPIAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH
EXPLORATION&MISSIONS:
"THE WHITE MAN'S GRAVE": NAME OF AFRICA DURING THE 19TH CENTURY
MUNGO PARK:EXPLORED AFRICA FROM 1805-1806; TRACED MOST OF THE NILE RIVER
HUGH CLAPPERTON:EXPLORED AFRICA FROM 1822-1824;1ST EURPOEAN TO CROSS THE SAHARA DESERT
ALEXANDER LAING: EXPLORED AFRICA FROM 1825-1826;1ST EUROPEAN TO REACH TIMBUKTU
ROBERT MOFFATT:ONE OF 1ST MISSIONARIES TO AFRICA;EXPLORED AFRICA FROM 1795-1883
DAVID LIVINGSTONE:1ST EUROPEAN TO SEE VICTORIA FALLS
EUROPEAN RULE: BY WW1(1914), ONLY 2 AFRICAN STATES WERE INDEPENDENT ETHIOPIA AND LIBERIA;EVERYONE ELSE IN AFRICA RULED BY EUROPEANS
PROGRESS: LAWℴSCHOOL FOUNDED;ROADS/RAILROADS CONSTRUCTED;HOSPITALS ESTABLISHED;NEW CITIES BULIT
1950s&1960s: A MOVE TOWARD &INDEPENDENCE FROM EUROPEAN RULE; BEGAN WITH GHANA IN 1957
GENERAL IDI AMIN: SEIZED POWER IN UGANDA;RULED UNTIL 1979;DEVOUT MUSLIM