CFU
Historical Thinking
Ancient Africa
Historian Hustle
Miscellaneous
100

References the domestic slave trade that took place within the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries.

What is the Second Middle Passage

100

Speeches, memoirs, podcasts, and interviews are examples of what kind of source?

What are primary sources

100

Also a country in western Africa, this region was once a mighty region prominent in trade during the earliest centuries.

What is Ghana

100

The ____________ of enslaved persons during the 17th-19th centuries can be compared to that of ____________ by modern fortune 500 companies like Amazon and Walmart. 

(ONE term)

What is exploitation

100

This resource helps enhance verbal/written communication by providing lists of words along with their origins and meanings. 

What is a dictionary

200

Define the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

Defined as: 

Segment of global trade that involved the transportation of 12 million enslaved Africans between Africa, the Caribbean, Americas, and Europe.

200

Biographies, newspapers, and online articles/blogs are all examples of this kind of source:

What are secondary sources

200

Once used to preserve food, this natural resource was a major trading commodity that fueled ancient African empires.

What is salt

200

This term is used to describe a person who is forced to labor without pay for another.

What is a slave

200
One of many African-descended conquistadors, he is often overlooked but led various explorations in the Americas for the Spanish crown.

Who is Juan Garrido

300

List two forms of insurrectionary resistance prior to and during antebellum.

Destruction of property

Murder

Marronage

Revolt

300

This skill examines circumstances that led to an artifact's creation.

What is sourcing

300

Used primarily as currency, this natural resource has an atomic number of 79 and is now used for decoration and jewelry.

What is gold

300

Coriander, an aromatic Mediterranean herb used in cooking is ___________ to southern Europe. 

What is indigenous

300

Enslaved persons often experienced this as a result of ruthless captains and masters who treated them mercilessly. 

What is trauma

400

List two forms of non-insurrectionary resistance prior to and during antebellum.

Poison/steal food

Decreased productivity

Abortions

Prolonged Gestation

Suicide

400

This historical thinking skill requires a reader to consider time and place when reading to better understand a text.

What is contexualization

400

List 3 causes of the decline of the Mali, Ghana, & Songhai Empires.

Invasions

Conquests

Natural Calamities

400

A nation's economic success is partially predicated on the resources it _______ and _______, generating substantial revenue and profit. 

What are exports and imports

400

Students should always assume _______ over their learning and should not relegate its responsibility to that of a teacher.


(Word that was to be defined during our Dictionary Dig in our AAH)

What is agency

500

Insurrectionary methods of resistance were known to incite or start ________ whereas non-insurrectionary were known to shy away from ________ because they were daily forms of resistance. 


(ONE term)

What is violence

500

This historical thinking skill requires a reader to determine validity by comparing and contrasting information across sources.

What is corroboration

500

Located in west Africa, this river allowed thriving trade with neighboring regions between the Songhai, Ghana, and Mali empires.

What is the Niger River

500

___ _______, responsible for the invention of the ______ ___, inadvertently exacerbated conditions for slaves when he introduced a more efficient means of cleaning cotton. 

Eli Whitney

Cotton gin

500

Use of dictionaries help to improve the following:

What are written/verbal communication and comprehension
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