47023887 | Factories | Portuguese trading fortresses and compounds with resident merchants; utilized throughout Portuguese trading empire to assure secure landing places and commerce. | 0 | |
47023888 | El Mina | Most important of early Portuguese trading factories in forest zone of Africa | 1 | |
47023889 | 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 | |
47023890 | Luanda | Portuguese factory established in 1520s south of Kongo; became basis for Portuguese colony of Angola. | 3 | |
47023891 | 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 | |
47023892 | 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 | |
47023893 | 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 | |
47023894 | 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 | |
47023895 | 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 | |
47023896 | Asantehene | Title taken by ruler of Asante Empire; supreme civil and religious leader; authority symbolized by golden stool. | 9 | |
47023897 | Dahomey | W. African empire - 17th century to 1894 - profited from slave trade - expanded inward and captured slaves | 10 | |
47023898 | Fulani | African group who rebelled against the Germans in German East Africa in the 1890's | 11 | |
47023899 | Mfecane | Wars of 19th century in southern Africa; created by Zulu expansion under Shaka; revolutionized political organization of southern Africa. | 12 | |
47023900 | Swazi | a Bantu language closely related to Zulu | 13 | |
47023901 | Lesotho | a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa | 14 | |
47023902 | Middle Passage | the route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade | 15 | |
47023903 | Saltwater Slaves | Slaves transported from Africa; almost invariably black. | 16 | |
47023904 | Creole Slaves | American born descendants of salt-water slaves | 17 | |
47023905 | Obeah | African religious ideas and practices in the English and French Caribbean islands. | 18 | |
47023906 | Candomble | African religious ideas and practices in Brazil, particularly among the Yoruba people. | 19 | |
47023907 | Vodun | African religious ideas and practices among descendants of African slaves in Haiti. | 20 | |
47023908 | 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 | 21 | |
47023909 | Suriname | a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic | 22 | |
47023910 | William Wilberforce | British statesman and reformer; leader of abolitionist movement in English parliament that led to end of English slave trade in 1807. | 23 |
AP World History vocab Ch. 20 Flashcards
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