Chapter 7 Section Review 1

1. Black Sea and the Agean Sea. Ionian Sea
2. Minoins, Myceneans, and Trojans
3. Minoins, King Minos at Knossos
4. Dorians
5. Dorians
6. Homer
7. Greek gods, Zues, Apollo, Aries, Posieden. They were a product of poetic genius
8. Apollis is a city state
9. Sparta, Athens, Ertertia
10. 490-479 BC
11. Battle Thermopalay, Greeks were defeated by Persians because of a trader, Battle of Salamis, The Greeks Defeated the Persians, and it was the firts navel batle
12. It placed an absolute linit on westward expansion in the Persian Empire

Identify

Hellespont-Where the people of troy lived.
Attica- A prominent region of greece
Peloponnesus- prominent region of greece
Trojan war- 1200bc mycenans defeated the city of troy, on the coast of asia minor after a 10 year seige
Odysseus- Main characer of Homer's Odyssey
Mt. Olympus- Where the gods lived
heros-human chracters who played imprtant roles in homers poems
Achilles- Invincible greek warrior
barbarian- Those who did not speak greek
Olypic Ganes- held every fourth year at olympia in honor of Zeus
Olypiad- time between olympic games
Darius 1- King of persia
Xerxes 1- Darius son
Leonidas- Spartan leader
Themistocle- briallant athenian tricked xerxes into fighting a naval battle
Plataea- a battle fought in 479 bc

Chapter 6 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)

Madagascar

Chase- This game is lame. It was very boring. it probably helped with my map skills but it was not entertaining. I wouldnt play it again because its boring. Very boring.

Christian- I didnt realy like the game. It was kinda boring. I dont think it realy elped me any and it was very slow paced

Arican Map Game

Christian- 123 sec

Chase- 112 sec

Africa Geography Game

Christian-115
Chase-165

Chapter 6 Section Review

1. 2/5, Sahara-Worlds largest, northwest Kalahri-North



2. Atlas mtn range, mt Kilimanjaro



3. Lake Victoria, Nile River



4. Great Rift Valley

Identify
Dark Continent-Africa
Savanna-Vast tracts of land characterized by wet & dry seasons
Lake Tanganyika-The worlds longest and second deepest lake

Study Guide

Sahara- The largest desert in the world located in Africa
Nile- Largest river in the world located in Africa, flows north instead of south
Egypt- Seabed of African culture located in northeast Africa
Mizraim- The most ancient name of Egypt, name of Ham's son
Land of Ham- What the Bible calls Egypt
Nomes- Small states in ancient Egypt
Pharaohs- Srong rulers of Egypt
Menes- The first Pharaoh of Egypt, united upper and lower Egypt
"The Gift of the Nile"- The name of Egypt given by Herodotus
Hieroglyphics- The language that the Egyptians wrote in, contained over 700 characters
Book of the Dead- Most important Egyptian work, it contained prayers,hyms, spells, and other info to guide souls through the afterlife, they palced it tombs
Memphis- Known as noph in the Bible, nothing remains but two granite collums
Thebes- "City of the Dead" considered a necropolis
Necropolis-"City of the Dead"
Pyramid- A tomb for the pharaohs, best symbolizes Egyptian government
Monarchy- One leader
Theocracy- Ruled by a god
Humanism- Worship humans, Pharaohs
Naturalist- The worship of nature
Polytheistic- Believing in thousands of gods and godesses
Egyptian Tombs- Men spent as muh time preparing their tombs then he did on his affairs
Great Pyramids of Cheops- One of the 7 wonders of the world, took 100,000 people 20 years to build, covered 13 acres and 2.3 million blocks of stone and was 480 ft high
King Tut- Was a king that died at the age of 18, his tomb was one the worlds greatest archeologica discoveries
30 Dynasties- Ancient Egyptian history is divided into 30 dynasties
Old Kingdom- Dynasties 3-6 important monarchs- Cheops, Khafre, and menkaure
Pyramid at Giza- Built by the old kingdom
The Great Sphinx-Had a head of a man and body of a lion, bears the likeness of Khafre
Middle Kingdom-11 Dynasty, king Mentohotep, Established capitol at Thebes
Kign Menuhotep- King of the middle kingdom
Hyksos- Asiatic warriors, conquered the middle kingdom with charriots and horses
Amose 1- the king of the new kingdom
New Kingdom- 18-20 dynasty, drove hyksos out of Egypt
Hatshepshut- May have been Moses' mom, the only female pharaoh
Amenhotep 2- Tuts son, may have been Pharaoh during the Exodus
Later New Kingdom- Ramses 2- most outstanding Egyptian monarch
Alexander the Great- Young Macedonian king
Alexandria- The most important city in Alexanders empire
Lighthouse of Alexander- One of the ancient wonders of the world, 440 ft high marble tower with a fire burning pitch and a giant reflective mirror. the lighthouse could cast light 35 miles across the sea