AP World History Chapter 26 Flashcards

14566398512	Olaudah Equiano	(1745-1797) African who was sold into slavery and bought his way out-kidnapped as a boy (age 11) from his home he was sold into slavery and sold amongst slave traders many times-he served in the Seven Years' War as a captain's boy and was then sold to a slave trader where he went to the Caribbean-from there a white colonist bought him and he eventually bought his way out of slavery-he went to England to live and published a book about slavery and his experiences-his message was widespread and helped to inspire the abolition of slavery	0
14566400317	Abolition of Slavery in English Colonies	British Colonies - 1833	1
14566402329	Abolition of Slavery in French Colonies	French Colonies - 1848	2
14566405511	Abolition of Slavery in United States	1865 (Emancipation Proclamation)	3
14566407139	Abolition of Slavery in Cuba	1886	4
14566412136	Creole	Descendants of the Europeans in Latin America, usually implies an upper class status. (Also a pidgin language - blending together French and native languages)	5
14566416130	Cash Crops	crops, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit	6
14566417254	African Diasporia	the dispersal of African peoples and their descendants	7
14566426028	Plantation Societies	Large farms where slaves were forced to work Often produced cash crops Saw slave revolts (Hacienda System -S.A.)	8
14566449683	Triangular Trade	A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa	9
14566451214	The Middle Passage	A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North & South America and the West Indies	10
14566455265	The Antonian Movement (Kongo)	(18th century) Cult movement based on Africanized Christianity. Began when an aristocrat name Dona Beatriz proclaimed that St. Anthony of Padua had possessed her and chosen her to communicate his message.	11
14566479666	Queen Nzinga	Female leader who ruled in Angola and spent almost 40 years battling Portuguese slave traders	12
14566486799	Kingdom of Kongo	Basin of the Congo (Zaire) river, conglomeration of several village alliances, participated actively in trade networks, most centralized rule of the early Bantu kingdoms, royal currency: cowries, ruled 14th-17th century until undermined by Portuguese slave traders	13
14566490774	Fall of Songhai	The empire lasted 100 years after the death of Sunni Ali. In 1591 Moroccan soldiers crossed the Sahara with cannons, guns, and gunpowder easily killing the Songhai soldiers who fought with bows and arrows.	14
14566492440	Songhai Administration	Elaborate governmental administration & military apparatus to oversee affairs in his realm. Hierarchical order of command.	15