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12288229982Factoriesplace in which workers and machines are brought together to produce large quantities of goods0
12288229999El MinaMost important of early Portuguese trading factories in forest zone of Africa1
12288229988Nzinga MvembaKing of Kongo south of Zaire River from 1507 to 1543; converted to Christianity and took title Alfonso I; under Portuguese influence attempted to Christianize all of kingdom.2
12288230004Luandaport city on Atlantic coast3
12288230021Royal African CompanyA trading company chartered by the English government in 1672 to conduct its merchants' trade on the Atlantic coast of Africa. (p. 507)4
12288229984Indies pieceTerm utilized within the complex exchange system established by the Spanish for African trade; referred to the value of an adult male slave.5
12288230001Triangular TradeA three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Aferica sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa6
12288230017AsanteAfrican kingdom on the Gold Coast that expanded rapidly after 1680. Asante participated in the Atlantic economy, trading gold, slaves, and ivory. It resisted British imperial ambitions for a quarter century before being absorbed into Britain. 1902 (736)7
12288229989Osei Tutumember of Oyoko clan of Akan peoples in Gold Coast region of Africa; responsible for creating unified Asante Empire; utilized Western firearms.8
12288230005AsanteheneTitle taken by ruler of Asante Empire; supreme civil and religious leader; authority symbolized by golden stool.9
12288285671Benina kingdom that arose near the Niger River delta in the 1300s and became a major West African state in the 1400s10
12288230022Dahomeya country on western coast of Africa11
12288230018LuoNilotic people who migrated from Upper Nile valley; established dynasty among existing Bantu population in lake region of central eastern Africa; center at Bunyoro.12
12288299189Usuman Dan FodioA studious Muslim Fulani scholar, preached reformist ideology in Hausa kingdoms- ideas became revolution in 1804- preached a jihad against Hausa kings ( who he felt wern't following Muhammad's teachings)13
12288230002Great TrekMovement of Boer settlers in Cape Colony of southern Africa to escape influence of British colonial government in 1834; led to settlement of regions north of Orange River and Natal.14
12288229992ShakaA Zulu chief in Southern Africa who used soldiers and good military organization to create a large centralized state.15
12288230008MfecaneWars of 19th century in southern Africa; created by Zulu expansion under Shaka; revolutionized political organization of southern Africa.16
12288308723SwaziNew African state formed on model of Zulu chiefdom17
12288408063LesothoSouthern African state that survived mfecane; not based on Zulu model; less emphasis on military organization, less authoritarian government.18
12288230027Middle Passagethe route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade19
12288229991Saltwater SlavesSlaves transported from Africa; almost invariably black.20
12288229998Obeaha religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery21
12288316449Candomble22
12288229994VodunAfrican religious ideas and practices among descendants of African slaves in Haiti.23
12288230010PalmaresKingdom of runaway slaves with a population of 8,000 to 10,000 people; located in Brazil during the 17th century; leadership was Angolan24
12288229987MaroonsRunaway slaves who gathered in mountainous, forested, or swampy areas and formed their own self-governing communities. raided plantations for supplies, had military skills from Africa.25

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