Places
Songhai's capital
Gao
Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.
Ethnocentrism
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive
hunter-gatherers
devotion and loyalty to a country
Nationalism
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Imperialism
first European colony in West Africa, established by the Portuguese
Gold Coast
Orthodox form of Christianity from Egypt practiced in Ethiopia
Coptic Christianity
independent business people
entrepreneurs
drawings and paintings left on stone
Rock Art
A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies
Middle Passage
most famous Stone Age site in Africa
Olduval Gorge, Tanzania
a building for Muslim prayer
Mosque
people who move from place to place in search of food or other needs
Nomads
a process in which people exchange goods without contacting each other directly
silent barter
The spread of Bantu-speaking peoples from their homeland in what is now southern Nigeria or Cameroon to most of Africa, in a process that started ca. 3000 B.C.E. and continued for several millennia.
Bantu Migration
Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning
Timbuktu
Dutch farmers that settled in South Africa
Boers
A human-made waterway, which was opened in 1869, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
Suez Canal
A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa
Berlin Conference
A city that became a center of learning
Djenne
early ancestors of humans
Hominids
Bantu language with many Arabic and Persian words
Swahili