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  • Q1
    the largest desert in the world, covering most of northern Africa
    Sahara Desert
    30s
  • Q2
    Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages.
    Bantu
    30s
  • Q3
    A civilization to the south of Egypt in the Nile Valley, noted for development of an alphabetic writing system and a major iron working industry by 500 BCE
    Nubia
    30s
  • Q4
    Nubian kingdom
    Kush
    30s
  • Q5
    Capital of a flourishing kingdom in southern Nubia from the fourth century B.C.E. to the fourth century C.E.. In this period Nubian culture shows more independence from Egypt and the influence of Sub-Saharan Africa.
    Meroë
    30s
  • Q6
    He brought Christianity to Africa and made it the official religion of Axum.
    King Ezana of Axum
    30s
  • Q7
    City located in present-day Tunisia, founded by Phoenicians ca. 800 B.C.E. It became a major commercial center and naval power in the western Mediterranean until defeated by the expanding Roman Republic in the third century B.C.E.
    Carthage
    30s
  • Q8
    located on eastern Mediterranean coast; invented the alphabet which used sounds rather than symbols like cuneiform
    Phoenicians
    30s
  • Q9
    A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage (264-146 B.C.); resulted in the destruction of Carthage and Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean.
    Punic Wars
    30s
  • Q10
    Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
    animism
    30s
  • Q11
    A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
    Fertile Crescent
    30s
  • Q12
    native
    indigenous
    30s
  • Q13
    An area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes
    savanna
    30s
  • Q14
    a large waterfall
    cataract
    30s
  • Q15
    Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting.
    desertification
    30s

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