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316511142FactoriesPortuguese trading fortresses and compounds with resident merchants0
316511143LancadosCollection points for Portuguese trade in interior of Africa1
316511144Royal African CompaniesEsablish a monopoly over the slave trade among British merchants2
316511145Indian PieceTerm utilized within the complex exchange system established by Spanish for African trade3
316511146Triangular TradeCommerce linking Africa, the New World colonies, and Europe4
316511147AsantaheneTitle taken by ruler of Asante Empire; authority symbolized by golden stool5
316511148BeninCity-state formed in 14th century, important commercial and political entity until 19th c.6
316511149Great TrekMovement of Boer settlers in Cape Colony of Southern Africa to escape influence of British colonial governments in 18347
316511150MfecaneWars of 19th c. in Southern Africa; created by Zulu expansion under Shaka8
316511151DiasporaAny group that has been dispersed outside traditional homeland, especially involuntarily9
316511152El MinaFactories in forest zones in Africa10
316511153Nzinga MvembaKing of Kongo south of Zaire River from 1507-1543; converted to Christianity and took title from Alfonso I11
316511154LuandaPortuguese factory established in 1520's south of Kongo12
316511155Osei TutuResponsible for creating unified Asante Empire13
316511156DahomeyKingdom developed 17th c; control was expanded under King Agaja by 172714
316511157Usman Dan Fodio1754-1817; African mystic and revolutionary leader15
316511158ShakaRuler and reformer of Nguni peoples after 1818; Zulu Chiefdom16
316511159Middle PassageSlave voyage from Africa to Americas (16th-18th centuries)17
316511160ObeahAfrican religious ideas and practices in English and French Caribbean islands.18
316511161VodumAfrican religious ideas and practices in Haiti19
316511162CandombleAfrican religious ideas and practices in Brazil20
316511163PalmaresKingdom of runaway slaves with 8,000-10,000 people; leadership was Angolan21
316511164William WilberforceBritish statesman and reformer; lead abolisment movement in English parliament22

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