Empires
What two products were mainly traded by these three empires?
Gold and Salt
What two revolutions did Africa "miss" because of the slave trade?
The Agrarian and Industrial Revolution
The majority of the reasons Europe decided to colonize Africa was because of ______________ reasons
Economic
What was the most important trading good in Africa BEFORE the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Gold
Process by which Europeans brought enslave Africans to the Americas
Atlantic Slave Trade
Which of the empires followed a traditional or tribal belief system?
Ghana
How did most Africans become slaves?
They were Prisoners of War
Who was not invited to the Berlin Conference?
The Africans
Which country sold the most slaves throughout the history of the trade?
Great Britain
What is imperialism
process of creating an empire by taking over other areas
What were the three empires, in what order did they exist? Give the years if possible
Ghana 300-1250 Mali 1250-1450 Songhai 1450-1600
What is the main reason for the "underdevelopment" of Africa
The slave trade
What were the only two countries to not be colonized in Africa?
Ethiopia and Liberia
What was the time period called when the Europeans started looking at faster and easier routes?
Age of Exploration
Period during the late 1800s when European powers raced to seize control of African territory
Scramble for Africa
Who was the famous Emperor of the Mali empire? What was he famous for
Mansa Musa. Making his pilgramage to Mecca and handing out alot of gold.
The period of great demand "coincided" (happened at the same time) as what?
The introduction of guns to Africa
Which country began the rush towards colonization? What was the name of their king?
Belgium, King Leopold II
Attitude that one's social or cultural group is better than others
Ethnocentrism
Voyage across the Atlantic from Africa to the Americas that formed the middle leg of the triangular trade
Middle Passage
What were the military advancements of the Songhai empire? There are three of them
Horses, ships, and poison darts
What were the causes of the slave trade? (Remember who/what they tried before going to African slave labor)
1. They need alot of labor for their new plantations (to harvest raw materials)
2. They tried native populations first, did not work b/c they died from diseases and they were able to easily escape
3. Indentured servants did not work b/c there were not enough of them, and they only worked for a few years
What decade did most of Africa receive their independence?
1960's
What are three reasons for the colinization of Africa?
1. Imperialism- Countries wanted to add colonies to create an "empire." Show their power
2. Economic reasons- wanted the raw materials
New trade Markets
Cheap labor
3. Racism/ethnocentrism-Europeans thought they were better than the African people
4. Religion-Europeans wanted to spread Christianity throughout Africa through missionaries
This was the conference where the European powers divided up Africa
The Berlin Conference