AP World History, Chapter 17 Flashcards

12355107433	Niger River	The major river of West Africa	0
12355107434	creole	Born in America of Spanish origin	1
12355109695	Gullah	Greeche; A creole languagethat is spoken on islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia.	2
12355109696	Greeche	Gullah; A creole language that is spoken on islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia.	3
12355112033	Santeria	Cuban religion that combines Catholic and West African beliefs	4
12355112034	Vodun	(Voodoo) African religious practices among descendants in Haiti.	5
12355115547	Candomble	African religious practices in Brazil among the Yoruba.	6
12355115548	gumbo	A Creole soup made of seafood, chicken, okra, and other vegetables	7
12355120301	polygyny	having more than one wife at a time	8
12355122506	Saint Domingue	Haiti, site of only successful slave rebellion, led by Toussaint Louverture	9
12355124046	Dahomey	West African kingdom that became strong through raiding of other villages for slaves (slave trade).	10
12355124047	Sunni Ali	First great ruler of Songhay, who established the empire	11
12355127095	Oyo	the powerful slave trading empire of the Yoruba ethnic group in west and north central Nigeria	12
12355127096	barracoons	slave castles	13
12355131093	Ile de Goree	The "house of slaves" on the coast of Senegal	14
12355131094	Vasco da Gama	the first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.	15
12355160793	triangular trade	A 3 way Atlantic trade system between Europe Africa and the Americas involving weapons, crops, slaves, and sugar.	16
12355165688	Atlantic Trade System	Triangular trade between Europe Africa and Americas involving weapons, crops, slaves, and sugar.	17
12355165689	Middle Passage	A route that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies	18
12355169734	African Diaspora	Name given to the spread of African peoples across the Atlantic via the slave trade.	19
12355171654	abolition	Movement to end slavery	20