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28 Cards in this Set
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Mount Kilamanjaro
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tallest mountain in Africa...located in Tanzania
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Sahara Desert
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largest desert in the world covering most of northern Africa
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Sahel
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Dry grassy area south of the Sahara Desert extends from Senegal to the Sudan
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Niger River
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River that flows from western Africa into the Gulf of Guinea
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Zambezi River
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river in southern Africa where the Roman army defeated the Carthaginian Army
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Great Rift Valley
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series of cliffs and canyons caused by powerful prehistoric earthquakes
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Red Sea
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narrow sea between Arabia and northeastern Africa
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Ethiopia
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country in eastern Africa
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Kush
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ancient kingdom in northeastern Africa conquered by Egypt and later regained independence
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Akusum
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A powerful African kingdom and trading center located in what is today Ethiopia
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Ghana
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empire located at the southwestern edge of the Sahara Desert..still a present day country
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Mali
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African Empire that flourished between 1200's and 1400's is still a country today
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Timbuktu
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trade and cultural center of the Songhai empier in the 1400's a present day town in Mali
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Songhai
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seaport village in Mozambique...important trading center for gold miners
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Morocco
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country in northwestern Africa on the Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean Sea
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Mombasa
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important Swahili city-state and trading center...the main port of Kenya on the Indian Ocean
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Mogadishu
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coastal city that dominated the African gold trade....is present day capital of Somalia
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Zanzibar
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important Swahili city-state and trading center an island port in Tanzania on the Indian Ocean
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Great Zimbabwe
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city in southern Africa that rose to power through gold mining and trading
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Sofala
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important seaport village in eastern Mozambique important trading center for the gold miners of the Great Zimbabwe
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Savanna
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broad grassy plain...few trees
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supply
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in economics, the available quantity of a good, product, or resource
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demand
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in economics, people's desire for a particular item
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griot
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oral historian and musician
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Queen Amanishakhete
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Queen of Kush whose lavish tomb at Meroe reflects the richness of the Kingdom of Kush
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Lalibela
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Zagwe king who ruled Ethiopia
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Sunjata
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King of Mali who conquered all of Ghana
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Mana Musa
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Emperor of Mali when the kingdom was at its peak of wealth and power
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