African Empires
Three major West African empires that existed before European arrival
What are Ghana, Mali and Songhai?
The ship that brought enslaved Africans to Virginia in 1619.
What is the White Lion?
The period when European nations raced to take control of African Land
What is the Scramble for Africa?
Materials like gold, rubber and diamonds that Europeans wanted
What are natural Resources?
An African leader who warned others to resist Europeans.
Who is King Menelik II?
The earliest West African Empire known for gold and trade, ruled by kings
What is the Ghana Empire?
The place in Virginia where enslaved Africans first arrived in 1619.
What is Point Comfort, VA?
A meeting where Europeans leaders divided Africa without African Leaders present.
What is the Berlin Conference?
A belief Europeans used to justify spreading their culture and faith
What is Christianity?
Some African leaders chose this repones by fighting back or forming alliances to stop European control.
What is resistance?
A powerful empire founded by Sundiata Keita and later ruled by Mansa Musa
What is the Mail Empire?
The type of labor Africans were freed into after arrival in America.
What are tobacco fields?
These years mark the period when European nations raced to take control of African land during the Scramble for Africa
What is 1880-1914?
Europeans wanted gold, land and resources to run factories. This motivation connects to what letter in SPICE
What is Economic?
An African leader who signed a contract with Europeans for Weapons.
Who is King LoBengula?
A society with organized government, trade, cities and culture.
What is a civilization?
The book that tells African history before, during, and after enslavement.
What is Born on the Water?
The process of taking control of land, people, and resources.
What is Colonization?
Europeans believed their religion and culture were better and tried to change African societies. This connects to what letter in SPICE.
The African Leader who used negotiation, religion and military strategy to resist colonization.
Who is Queen Nzinga?
A West African empire that reached its height under Askia Muhammmad.
What is the Songhai Empire?
What do the White Lion and Point Comfort represent in history?
What is the beginning of Africans being brought to America in 1619?
The belief that Europeans were better than Africans.
What is racial superiority?
Why did Europeans describe Africa as "empty" or "uncivilized"?
What is to justify taking African land and enslaving people?
How did African leaders like Queen Nzinga, Menelik II and LoBengula respond to Europeans?
What is they resisted and negotiated to protect their land and people?