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12288229982 | Factories | place in which workers and machines are brought together to produce large quantities of goods | 0 | |
12288229999 | El Mina | Most important of early Portuguese trading factories in forest zone of Africa | 1 | |
12288229988 | Nzinga Mvemba | King 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 | |
12288230004 | Luanda | port city on Atlantic coast | 3 | |
12288230021 | Royal African Company | A trading company chartered by the English government in 1672 to conduct its merchants' trade on the Atlantic coast of Africa. (p. 507) | 4 | |
12288229984 | Indies piece | Term utilized within the complex exchange system established by the Spanish for African trade; referred to the value of an adult male slave. | 5 | |
12288230001 | Triangular Trade | A 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 Africa | 6 | |
12288230017 | Asante | African 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 | |
12288229989 | Osei Tutu | member of Oyoko clan of Akan peoples in Gold Coast region of Africa; responsible for creating unified Asante Empire; utilized Western firearms. | 8 | |
12288230005 | Asantehene | Title taken by ruler of Asante Empire; supreme civil and religious leader; authority symbolized by golden stool. | 9 | |
12288285671 | Benin | a kingdom that arose near the Niger River delta in the 1300s and became a major West African state in the 1400s | 10 | |
12288230022 | Dahomey | a country on western coast of Africa | 11 | |
12288230018 | Luo | Nilotic people who migrated from Upper Nile valley; established dynasty among existing Bantu population in lake region of central eastern Africa; center at Bunyoro. | 12 | |
12288299189 | Usuman Dan Fodio | A 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 | |
12288230002 | Great Trek | Movement 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 | |
12288229992 | Shaka | A Zulu chief in Southern Africa who used soldiers and good military organization to create a large centralized state. | 15 | |
12288230008 | Mfecane | Wars of 19th century in southern Africa; created by Zulu expansion under Shaka; revolutionized political organization of southern Africa. | 16 | |
12288308723 | Swazi | New African state formed on model of Zulu chiefdom | 17 | |
12288408063 | Lesotho | Southern African state that survived mfecane; not based on Zulu model; less emphasis on military organization, less authoritarian government. | 18 | |
12288230027 | Middle Passage | the route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade | 19 | |
12288229991 | Saltwater Slaves | Slaves transported from Africa; almost invariably black. | 20 | |
12288229998 | Obeah | a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery | 21 | |
12288316449 | Candomble | 22 | ||
12288229994 | Vodun | African religious ideas and practices among descendants of African slaves in Haiti. | 23 | |
12288230010 | Palmares | Kingdom of runaway slaves with a population of 8,000 to 10,000 people; located in Brazil during the 17th century; leadership was Angolan | 24 | |
12288229987 | Maroons | Runaway 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 |