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12355107433Niger RiverThe major river of West Africa0
12355107434creoleBorn in America of Spanish origin1
12355109695GullahGreeche; A creole languagethat is spoken on islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia.2
12355109696GreecheGullah; A creole language that is spoken on islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia.3
12355112033SanteriaCuban religion that combines Catholic and West African beliefs4
12355112034Vodun(Voodoo) African religious practices among descendants in Haiti.5
12355115547CandombleAfrican religious practices in Brazil among the Yoruba.6
12355115548gumboA Creole soup made of seafood, chicken, okra, and other vegetables7
12355120301polygynyhaving more than one wife at a time8
12355122506Saint DomingueHaiti, site of only successful slave rebellion, led by Toussaint Louverture9
12355124046DahomeyWest African kingdom that became strong through raiding of other villages for slaves (slave trade).10
12355124047Sunni AliFirst great ruler of Songhay, who established the empire11
12355127095Oyothe powerful slave trading empire of the Yoruba ethnic group in west and north central Nigeria12
12355127096barracoonsslave castles13
12355131093Ile de GoreeThe "house of slaves" on the coast of Senegal14
12355131094Vasco da Gamathe first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.15
12355160793triangular tradeA 3 way Atlantic trade system between Europe Africa and the Americas involving weapons, crops, slaves, and sugar.16
12355165688Atlantic Trade SystemTriangular trade between Europe Africa and Americas involving weapons, crops, slaves, and sugar.17
12355165689Middle PassageA route that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies18
12355169734African DiasporaName given to the spread of African peoples across the Atlantic via the slave trade.19
12355171654abolitionMovement to end slavery20

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