316511142 | Factories | Portuguese trading fortresses and compounds with resident merchants | 0 | |
316511143 | Lancados | Collection points for Portuguese trade in interior of Africa | 1 | |
316511144 | Royal African Companies | Esablish a monopoly over the slave trade among British merchants | 2 | |
316511145 | Indian Piece | Term utilized within the complex exchange system established by Spanish for African trade | 3 | |
316511146 | Triangular Trade | Commerce linking Africa, the New World colonies, and Europe | 4 | |
316511147 | Asantahene | Title taken by ruler of Asante Empire; authority symbolized by golden stool | 5 | |
316511148 | Benin | City-state formed in 14th century, important commercial and political entity until 19th c. | 6 | |
316511149 | Great Trek | Movement of Boer settlers in Cape Colony of Southern Africa to escape influence of British colonial governments in 1834 | 7 | |
316511150 | Mfecane | Wars of 19th c. in Southern Africa; created by Zulu expansion under Shaka | 8 | |
316511151 | Diaspora | Any group that has been dispersed outside traditional homeland, especially involuntarily | 9 | |
316511152 | El Mina | Factories in forest zones in Africa | 10 | |
316511153 | Nzinga Mvemba | King of Kongo south of Zaire River from 1507-1543; converted to Christianity and took title from Alfonso I | 11 | |
316511154 | Luanda | Portuguese factory established in 1520's south of Kongo | 12 | |
316511155 | Osei Tutu | Responsible for creating unified Asante Empire | 13 | |
316511156 | Dahomey | Kingdom developed 17th c; control was expanded under King Agaja by 1727 | 14 | |
316511157 | Usman Dan Fodio | 1754-1817; African mystic and revolutionary leader | 15 | |
316511158 | Shaka | Ruler and reformer of Nguni peoples after 1818; Zulu Chiefdom | 16 | |
316511159 | Middle Passage | Slave voyage from Africa to Americas (16th-18th centuries) | 17 | |
316511160 | Obeah | African religious ideas and practices in English and French Caribbean islands. | 18 | |
316511161 | Vodum | African religious ideas and practices in Haiti | 19 | |
316511162 | Candomble | African religious ideas and practices in Brazil | 20 | |
316511163 | Palmares | Kingdom of runaway slaves with 8,000-10,000 people; leadership was Angolan | 21 | |
316511164 | William Wilberforce | British statesman and reformer; lead abolisment movement in English parliament | 22 |
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