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139564351Zulu-A South African kingdom; expanded by defeating their rivals and then adding them to their kingdom, all of this fighting led to mass migrations and chaos -unified by Shaka in 18180
139564352Choleraa treatable infectious disease that can be fatal and is caused by a lack of adequate sanitation and a clean water supply1
139564353Sokoto Caliphatea primary revivalist state in Africa founded by Usuuman dan Fodio who led a jihad in 1804 against traditional animists in the region. He came out successfully and in 1809 the new Muslim state was born. A constitution was made and the state was able to retain stability. It was a large step towards spreading Islam all across Africa.2
139564354ModernizationThe process of reforming political, military, economic, social, and cultural traditions in imitation of the early success of Western societies, often with regard for accommodating local traditions in non-Western societies.3
139564355Muhammad AliAlbanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849)4
139564356"legitimate" tradeExports from Africa in the nineteenth century that did not include the newly outlawed slave trade, including palm oil and ivory5
139564357Recaptives-Africans rescued by Britain's Royal Navy from the illegal slave trade of the nineteenth century and restored to free status -were helped by Christian missionaries to settle around Freetown in Sierra Leone and maintain a normal life6
139564358Ismailwesternizing autocrat educated in France; promoted cotton production and European exportation; borrowed a lot of money and oversaw French building Suez canal in 1869, modernizing Cairo; grandson of Muhammad Ali7
139564359Jihada doctrine within Islam; commonly translated as "Holy War", Jihad represents either a personal or collective struggle on the part of Muslims to live up to the religious standards set by the Qu'ran8
139564360Sierra LeoneFounded in 1787 in West Africa as the first colony for freed slaves by a British antislavery group. Remained a British colony for 150 years.9

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