Chapter 20 Flashcards

287166191	Factories	forts and trading posts with resident merchants. 1487;African Coast. Portuguese built them for an easier way to trade goods/slaves.	0
287166192	El Mina	the most important factory/fort/ 1482;African Coast. Helped Portuguese get some gold to trade.	1
287166193	Nzinga Mvemba	ruler of the Kongo Kingdom. 1507-1543;Africa He brought the whole kingdom to Christianity.	2
287166194	Luanda	Portuguese factory. that became basis for Portuguese colony of Angola. 1570s;Africa	3
287166195	Royal American Company	Charterted to build a monopoly over the slave trade among British merchants. 1660s;Africa. Had a source of slaves & imported them to places	4
287166196	Indies Piece	Term used within the complex exchange system built by the Spanish for African trade. 1450-1750;Africa. Referred to a healthy male.	5
287166197	Triangular trade	Commerce linking Africa, the New World colonies and Europe. 1450-1750;Africa. Slaves were carried to the Americas along with sugar, tabacco, and other goods were carried to Europe	6
287166198	Asante	Empire that rose to prominence in the period of the slave trade. 1450-1759:Africa. They were in a region of gold and kola nut production and near trading centers	7
287166199	Osei Tutu	Member of Oyoko clan of Akan peoples in Gold Coast Africa. 1701-1717;Africa. He built a unified Asante empire & utilized western firearms	8
287166200	asantehene	title taken by ruler of Asante empire supreme civil & religious leader. 1701:Africa. Then golden stool symbolized you had this position	9
287166201	Dahomey	A kingdom that developed among the Fon or Aja peoples. 1450-1750:Africa. Had a different response to the european presence than the Benin Kingdom.	10
287166202	Luo	Nilotic people who migrated from upper Nite valley. 16th or 17th century:Africa. Construction of related dynasties among the states in the area of the large lakes.	11
287166203	Fulani	Pastoral people of western Sudan who were spread across a broad area. 1770s:Africa. A Muslim reform movement had intense impact on these people.	12
287166204	Great Trek	Movement of Boer settlements in Cape colony to escape influence of British colonial government. 1834:Africa. Moved away to be free of goverment interference.	13
287166205	mfecane	wars of crushing or wandering. 1840s;Africa. The rise of the Zulu and other Nguni cheifdoms was the beginning	14
287166206	Swazi	A new African state that adapted aspects of the Zulu model emerged among the survivors. 1840s;Africa. Very similar to the Zulu Cheifdom.	15
287166207	Lesotho	A new African state that successfully resisited Zulu example. 1840s;Africa. It combined Sotho & Nguni speakers and defended itself against Nguni armies.	16
287166208	Middle Passage	Slave voyage to the Americas. 1737; Africa and Americas. They were taken from their homes, branded, confined & shackled.	17
287166209	Saltwater slaves	Slaves transported from Africa; almost black. 1450-1750;Africa. They were born in Africa	18
287166210	Creole Slaves	American born descendants of saltwater slaves. 1450-1750; Africa. Some were mulattos	19
287166211	Obeah	Name given to the African religious practices. 1450-1750;Africa. Men & women knowledgeable in the English island were held in high regard within the community.	20
287166212	candomble	African religious ideas and practices in Brazil, among Yoruba people. 1450-1750; Africa. People tried to suppress them but the ideas are still there today.	21
287166213	Vodun	African religious ideas & practice among descendants of African slaves in Haiti. 1450-1750;Africa. Fully developed versions of African religions flourished and continue today, despite attempts to suppress them.	22
287166214	Palmares	An enormous run-away slave kingdom with many villages. 17th century; Africa. Had about 800-10,000 runaway slaves	23
287166215	Suriname	Another run-away slave kingdom found in the forests. 18th century;Africa. It was a former Dutch plantation colony.	24
287166216	William Wilberforce	British statesman and reformer; leader of abolitionist movement in English parliament that led to English slaves trade. 1807; Britain. British stopped slave trading & tried to get everyone else to stop.	25