WHAP ch 20 vocab Flashcards

284460640	factories	trading stations with resident merchants established by the portuguese and other Europeans	0
284460641	El Mina	important Portuguese factory on the coast of modern Ghana	1
284460642	Nzinga Mvemba	ruler of the Kongo kingdom; converted to Christianity; his efforts to integrate Portuguese and African ways foundered because of the slave trade.	2
284460643	Luanda	Portuguese settlement founded in the 1520's; became core for the colony of Angola	3
284460644	Royal African Company	chartered in Britain in the 1660's to establish a monopoly over the African trade; supplied slaves to British New World colonies	4
284460645	Indies piece	a unit in the complex exchange system of the west African trade; based on the value of an adult male slave.	5
284460646	Triangular trade	complex commercial pattern linking Africa, the Americas, and Europe; slaves form Africa went to the New World; American agricultural products went to Europe; European good went to Africa	6
284460647	Asante	Akan state among the Akan people of Ghana and centered Kumasi	7
284460648	Osei Tutu	important ruler who began centralization and expansion of Asante	8
284460649	Asantehene	title, created by Osei Tutu, of the civil and religious ruler of Asante	9
284460650	Benin	African kingdom in the Bight of Benin; at the height of its power when Europeans arrived; famous for its bronze casting techniques	10
284460651	Dahomey	African state among the Fon peoples; developed in the 17th century centered at Abomey; became a major slave trading state through utilization of Western firearms	11
284460652	Luo	Nilotic people who migrated from the upper Nile regions to establish dynasties in the lakes region of central Africa	12
284460653	Usuman Dan Fodio	Muslim Fulani leader who launched a great religious movement among the Hausa	13
284460654	Great Trek	movement inland during the 1830s of the DUtch-ancestry settlers in South Africa seeking to escape their British colonial goverment	14
284460655	Shaka	ruler among the Nguni peoples of southeast Africa during the early 19th century; developed military tactics that created the Zulu state	15
284460656	Mfecane	wars among Africans in the southern Africa during the 19th century; caused migrations and alterations in Africa political organization	16
284460657	Swazi and Lesotho	African states formed by people reacting to the stresses of the Mfecane	17
284460658	Middle Passage	slave voyage from Africa to the Americas; a deadly and traumatic experience	18
284460659	Saltwater slaves	name given to slaves born in Africa; distinguished from American-born descendants, and the creoles	19
284460660	Obeah	African religious parctices in the British American islands	20
284460661	Candomble	African religious practices in Brazil among the Yoruba	21
284460662	Vodun	African religious practices among descendants in Haiti	22
284460663	Palmares	Angolan-led large runaway slave trade in 17th century Brazil	23
284460664	Surinam Maroons	descendants of 18th century runaway slaves who found permanent refuge in the rainforest of Surinam and French Guiana	24