Empires
Slave Trade
Colonialism
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Vocabulary
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What two products were mainly traded by these three empires?
Gold and Salt
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What two revolutions did Africa "miss" because of the slave trade?
The Agrarian and Industrial Revolution
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The majority of the reasons Europe decided to colonize Africa was because of ______________ reasons
Economic
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What was the most important trading good in Africa BEFORE the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Gold
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Process by which Europeans brought enslave Africans to the Americas
Atlantic Slave Trade
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Which of the empires followed a traditional or tribal belief system?
Ghana
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How did most Africans become slaves?
They were Prisoners of War
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Who was not invited to the Berlin Conference?
The Africans
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Official South African government policy of keeping white and black South Africans apart
Apartheid
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Body of public works, such as roads, bridges, and hospitals, that a country needs to support a modern economy
Infrastructure
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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
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What is the main reason for the "underdevelopment" of Africa
The slave trade
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What were the only two countries to not be colonized in Africa?
Ethiopia and Liberia
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What was the time period called when the Europeans started looking at faster and easier routes?
Age of Exploration
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Period during the late 1800s when European powers raced to seize control of African territory
Scramble for Africa
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Who was the famous Emperor of the Mali empire?
Mansa Musa
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The period of great demand "coincided" (happened at the same time) as what?
The introduction of guns to Africa
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Which country began the rush towards colonization? What was the name of their king?
Belgium, King Leopold II
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Attitude that one's social or cultural group is better than others
Ethnocentrism
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Voyage across the Atlantic from Africa to the Americas that formed the middle leg of the triangular trade
Middle Passage
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What were the military advancements of the Songhai empire? There are three of them
Horses, ships, and poison darts
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In the "Zong" case, where a captain killed 130 slaves by throwing them overboard, what was he charged with?
Insurance Fraud
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What decade did most of Africa receive their independence?
1960's
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Which country sold the most slaves throughout the history of the trade?
Great Britain
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Dutch, French, and other European farmers in colonial South Africa
Boers
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