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Chapter 8
Africa Long Ago
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History
5th Grade
10/03/2013

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Aksum
Definition
Africa's first and greatest Christian kingdom
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Liberia
Definition
Africa's first black republic
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Mont Blanc
Definition
Alps' highest peak
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Elbrus
Definition
Europe's highest peak
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McKinley
Definition
North America's highest peak
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the "smoke that thunders"
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Victoria Falls
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Timbuktu
Definition
a famous center of learning during the Middle Ages
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mountain range
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a long row of mountains
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Athansius the Great
Definition
early church leader; boldly proclaimed that Jesus is God
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Samuel Crowther
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first black bishop of the Church of England
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Ethiopian eunuch
Definition
first recorded African Christian
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Lalibela
Definition
king remembered for his ten churches carved of solid rock
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David Livingstone
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most famous missionary-explorer to Africa
medical doctor from Scotland
first European to see the "smoke that thunders"-named it Victoria Falls
body buried in England and heart buried in Africa
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Matterhorn
Definition
mountain climbed by daring mountaineers
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Robert Moffat
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pioneer missionary and Bible translator from Scotland
ministered in Southern Africa near the Kalahari Desert for 50 years
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Khama
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righteous chief of Batswana
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dormant
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term used to describe an inactive volcano
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Madagascar
Definition
the fourth largest island in the world
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Kingdom of Cush
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the greatest ancient civilization of Africa's interior
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altitude
Definition
the height above sea level
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Mt. Kilimanjaro
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the highest peak in Africa
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summit
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the highest peak of a mountain
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sea level
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the level of sea waters
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Henry Stanley
Definition
the man who said, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
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Suez-Canal
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the man-made waterway separating Africa and Asia
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Mary Slessor
Definition
the missionary called the "Queen of the Cannibals"
saved twin babies from death
raised 51 African children
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Strait of Gibraltar
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the narrow strait separating Europe and Africa
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peak
Definition
the pointed top of a mountain
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Congo
Definition
the river that carries the second largest volume of water
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Everest
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world's highest peak
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Aesop
Definition
writer of famous fables
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