Slave States
This West African state, which has two different spellings, became powerful through its control of gold and trade.
What is the Ashanti/Asante Empire?
The Ashanti Empire was located in this region of West Africa.
What is modern-day Ghana?
he survival of Benin's artistic traditions challenges the idea that precolonial African societies lacked these kinds of sophisticated cultural and technological achievements.
What are advanced artistic and technological achievements?
The art of Benin was closely connected to the royal court and often helped represent the power and status of this person.
Who is the Oba?
In this system, enslaved people were treated as property that could be bought and sold.
What is chattel slavery?
The kingdoms of Ashanti, Oyo, Benin, and Kongo were located primarily in these two regions of Africa.
What are West and Central Africa?
This region of Africa was most directly connected to the Atlantic Slave Trade.
What is West Africa?
This famous Central African queen fought Portuguese expansion and used diplomacy to protect her interests.
Who is Queen Nzinga?
Rather than appearing out of nowhere, many newer African states developed partly from these existing things:_____________________
political, economic, and cultural traditions.
European merchants exchanged manufactured goods such as weapons, cloth, and metal goods for these valuable commodities.
What are gold and enslaved people?
King Afonso I was the ruler of this Central African kingdom.
What is Kongo?
The Oyo Empire was located primarily in this modern-day country.
What is Nigeria?
Afonso I's complaints to Portugal reveal a major contradiction in Kongo's relationship with the Portuguese: Kongo wanted European religious and commercial connections, but Portuguese traders increasingly did this to Kongo's population.
What is enslaving/capturing Kongo's people?
King Afonso initially saw this European religion as potentially useful for strengthening connections with Portugal.
What is Christianity?
This term describes the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic.
What is the Middle Passage?
Afonso's response to Portuguese traders demonstrates that African rulers could use this method to negotiate with European powers while also resisting actions they opposed.
What is diplomacy?
This kingdom was located in Central Africa near the Congo River.
What is the Kingdom of Kongo?
This Portuguese explorer rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1488.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
Some African rulers and merchants participated in the slave trade by selling captives obtained through warfare. What does this show about the trade?
What is that the Atlantic slave trade involved both European and African participants, although Europeans ultimately drove much of the overseas demand and system?
European colonies in the Americas demanded large numbers of enslaved workers primarily because of the need for this.
What is labor?
Portuguese exploration of the African coast was motivated in part by the search for a direct route to this lucrative trade region.
What is Asia/India?
The Ashanti, Oyo, Benin, and Kongo are examples of powerful states that developed in these parts of Africa.
What are West and Central Africa?
The Ashanti became involved in the Atlantic slave trade. How did European demand for enslaved people affect the empire and the surrounding region?
What is increased warfare and the capture and sale of prisoners, while also giving the Ashanti access to European goods and firearms?
This explorer reached India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa in 1498.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This trade could increase the power of some African rulers while also contributing to warfare, political instability, and the loss of population in parts of Africa.
What is the Atlantic slave trade?