African Kingdoms and Leaders
In 700 AD, this West African kingdom was known as "the land of gold."
What is Ghana?
Ganga Zumba was royalty from this African kingdom before he was captured and escaped slavery in Brazil.
What is the Kingdom of Kongo?
The Mali nation controlled the gold trade in 1240 and established this city as a center of trade, culture, and learning.
What is Timbuktu?
This country is the largest in South America and is located in the eastern portion of the continent
What is Brazil?
This rhythmic triangular step pattern is the basic movement used in Capoeira
What is Ginga?
By the mid-1400s, this wealthy and powerful empire controlled trade in western Africa.
What is the Songhai Empire?
This is the term for escaped slaves who formed their own self-governing settlements.
What are Maroons?
This European country founded the colony of Angola in 1575 and expanded the slave trade in Central West Africa
What is Portugal?
This large country forms the southernmost point of the Eastern South American continent
What is Argentina?
The capital of the powerful Kingdom of Kongo, it was one of the largest cities in the southern hemisphere
What is M'banza Kongo?
This former Kongolese royal led the thriving kingdom of escaped slaves called Quilombo of Palmares in Brazil
Who is Ganga Zumba?
Queen Ana Nzinga famously used a kneeling servant to act as this object during her negotiations with the Portuguese governor.
What is a chair (or seat)?
The Portuguese used this large trade system to acquire slaves to work on sugar plantations in Brazil
What is the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
This small country is located north of Argentina and makes up the "nose" on the East Coast of South America
What is Uruguay?
Queen Ana Nzinga led the kingdoms of Ndongo and this neighboring inland kingdom to fight the Portuguese
What is Matamba?
This queen of Ndongo and Matamba famously resisted Portuguese colonization and the slave trade in Central West Africa
Who is Queen Ana Nzinga?
Ganga Zumba established this thriving kingdom of escaped slaves in Brazil
What is Quilombo of Palmares?
Queen Ana Nzinga fought against this warrior-based African group, who allied with the Portuguese against Ndongo
What are the Imbangala?
This country is located next to Brazil and is one of the two landlocked nations in South America
What is Paraguay?
Kimpa Vita's teachings influenced several slave revolts in the Americas after she was accused of this crime in 1706
What is witchcraft?
This Kongolese noblewoman founded the Christian belief system known as Antonianism before she was executed for witchcraft in 1706
Who is Kimpa Vita?
This dance-like martial art was created by slaves in Brazil, based on the traditional African martial art called Engolo
What is Capoeira?
King Mvemba a Nzinga of Kongo was a devoted Christian and so wrote to the Portuguese king asking him to stop this activity in his kingdom
What is trading slaves (or the slave trade)?
Guyana, Suriname, and this third country are the smaller lands located at the northern tip of Eastern South America
What is French Guinea?
This name, meaning "mountain," refers to a settlement of escaped slaves in Brazil that became a thriving kingdom under Ganga Zumba
What is Quilombo (of Palmares)?