Chapter 6: Africa Study Guide

What kind of progress was made while Africa was ruled by Europeans?
- government, established schools , and built roads/railroads , new cities and hospitals.

What are Africians most pressing needs today?
-the gospel, foods and shelter, and education.

African Landscape

deserts-2/5 of Africa
Sahara-north Africa
kalahari-south Africa
Savanna-vast tracks of and characterized by wet&dry seasons.covered by grass and shrubs.
Mountains-atlas mt. range & Mt.Kilimanjaro
Atlas Mountain Range-Africas longest mountain range
Mt.Kilimanjaro-tallest mountain in Africa
Nile River-longest river in africa
Lake Victoria-Africas largest lake
Great rift valley-largest rift in earths surface

African History

Began shortly after the...Flood
Ebed Melech-helped prophet Jeremiah when he was cast into prison by King Zedekiah.
Unnamed Ethiopian-most famous Cushite in world history,treasurer for Queen Candace of Cush,Philip lead this treasurer to Christ
Eunuch-casturated man who protected the queen.
Edesius and Frumentius-around 300 a.d. these 2 were ship wrecked and taken to Ethiopia as slaves. Preached the gospel there. credited with bringing Christianity to Africa.

Early Christianity in Africa
Alexandria,EGYPT-home to clement of alexandria.(150-215)
Cyrene,LIBYA-simmon was from here and he carried the cross for jesus
Carthage,TUNISIA-city of early church fathers tertullin(160-230) and cyprain(200-248)
Simon of Cyrene-caried the cross for Jesus
Clement of Alexandria-was from alexandria,egypt is the oldest surviving christian hymn.
African Trade
Sea trade-early as 1500 b.c.,africans were trading w/ asians . Africa gave iron,ivory,gold.Asia gave porcelain,precious stones,silk.
Inland trade-b/t 300 and 1200 a.d.,ghana was trading w/ middle east arabs. Ghana gave gold,ivory and slaves. Middle east gave salt, copper, dried fruits.
Mali Empire-lasted from 1200-1500 a.d.,modern day gambia,guinea,mali and seegal.
Timbuktu-important trading center for mahli empire,famous center for learning and culture.
Songhai Empire-dominated west asia in 1500s/monopolized trade across the sahara.

Exploration and Missions
"The White Mans Grave"-name for africa in the 19th centruy(1800s)/explorers in africa faced many obsticales:intense heat,malaria,sleeping sickness,&yellow fever.
Mungo Park-Explored africa from 1768-1773/explored the nile river.
Hugh Clapperton-explored africa from 1822-1824/1st european to to cross the sahara.
Alexander Laing-explored africa from 1825-1826/first european to reach timbuktu.
Robert Moffatt-explored africa from 1795-1883/one of the 1st missionaries to africa/he said,"I can see the smoke of a thousand villages where the name of Chirst has never been heard."
David Livingstone-went to africa in response to moffatts call for more missionaries'1st european to see Victoria falls(largest waterfall)/worked in africa many years, then went missing/american newspaper sent a reporter,Henry Stanley, to find him.

Africa in Modern Times
European Rule-by WWI, only 2 african staes were independent....Ethiopia & Liberia
Progress-what kind?-government, established schools , and built roads/railroads , new cities and hospitals.
1950s and 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...killed and tortured as many as 300,000 people)