THIS RIVER IS LOCATED

IN WESTERN AFRICA AND EMPITES INTO THE

ATLANTIC OCEAN.

NIGER RIVER

THIS RIVER IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE

WORLD AND EMPTIES INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.

ITS SOURCE IS LAKE VICTORIA.

NILE RIVER

THIS RIVER IS LOCATED

IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND EMPTIES IN TO THE

INDIAN OCEAN.

ZAMBEZI RIVER

THIS RIVER IS LOCATED SOUTH OF

THE NIGER RIVER.

CONGO RIVER

ORAL STORY PASSED DOWN

THROUGH GENERATIONS.

ORAL TRADITIONS

THIS DESERT IS LOCATED

IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.

KALAHARI DESERT

THIS DESERT IS THE

LARGEST DESERT

IN THE WORLD.

SAHARA DESERT

AFRICA HAS TWO

GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS.

NORTH AFRICA AND THE

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

AN AREA THAT IS HIGH

AND FLAT

PLATEAU

GRASSLANDS

SAVANNA

A LARGE PLATEAU MADE UP

OF SAVANNA

SAHEL

THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN

IN AFFICA

MOUNT KILIMANJARO

THE MOUNTAINOUS AREA RUNNING FROM

THE RED SEA TO SOUTH AFRICA

(3,000 MILES)

THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY

THIS WEALTHY AFRICAN

CIVILIZATION RULED EGYPT FOR 500 YEARS.

KUSH

AFRICAN CIVILIZATION

DEFEATED THE KUSH.

AXUM

THE MODERN DAY AFRICAN COUNTRY

WAS ONCE THE CIVILIZATIONS

OF KUSH AND NUBIA.

SUDAN

FIRST CAPITAL OF KUSH

NAPATA

SECOND CAPITAL OF

KUSH

MEROE

KING OF KUSH WHO DEFEATED

THE EGYPTIANS

KINGPIANKHI

THIS CIVILIZATION

WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE NILE RIVER VALLEY IN 3,000 BC

NUBIA

CAPITAL CITY

OF AXUM

Ruins of ADULIS

KING OF AXUM

THAT CONVERTED

HIS PEOPLE TO CHRISTIANITY

KINGEZANA

THE MODERN DAY COUNTRY

WHERE THE PEOPLE

OF AXUM SETTLED

ETHIOPIA

OFFICIAL RELIGION

OF AXUM

THE MOTHER WAS THE CENTER OF THE FAMILY IN

THIS TYPE OF SOCIETY. THE SEARCH FOR

ANCESTORS ALONG THE MOTHER’S FAMILY LINE.

MATRILINEAL

CULTURE THAT

DEVELOPED IN

WEST AFRICA

NOK

THE WEST AFRICAN CULTURE SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS

OF AFRICA

BANTU MIGRATIONS