Political
Held in 1884-1885 this meeting held by European colonial powers was organized to plan the colonization of Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
Many African countries did not experience economic independence even after this major event following the World Wars which gave them their freedom.
What is decolonization?
This Belgian king exploited and tortured the Congolese for labor, commonly using practice like severing hands and holding spouses captive to enforce his power.
Who is King Leopold II
This scientist's theory of evolution was adapted into a racist ideology that tried to prove the biological superiority of white people.
Who is Charles Darwin?
These animals replaced horses and donkeys as the main mode of transportation in the Sahara after 300 C.E. because of their ability to consume large amounts of water at once.
What are camels?
A ndecentralized system of government where families rule themselves
What are kin-networks?
food grown to sell not feed
What are cash crops?
An important leader to British colonial rule in India who previously faced racial injustice in Pretoria, Africa, where he first began to use his voice against discrimination.
Who is Mohandas Gandhi?
The grand-nephew of Sundiata, founder of Mali, who made a lavish pilgrimage to Mecca, bringing back a deeper Islamic faith, shown through the construction of Mosques and religious schools in Timbuktu.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This form of transportation, which increased in construction during the period 1750-1950, allowed colonizers in Africa to gain more resources through ease of transportation.
What are railroads?
The systemic oppression of black South Africans
What was Apartheid?
A form of labor utilized as taxation. This labor was used to aid the construction of the Suez canal.
What are corvee workers?
In the period 1250-1450, this body of water was the center of a slave trade where East African slaves labored in seaports, the shipping industry, and as household servants. However, these slaves had more potential for opportunity.
What is the Indian Ocean?
In the period c. 1750-1950 this religious practice was often used to justify European imperialism in Africa by being disguised as a "civilizing" mission that promoted humanitarian values.
What is a missionary?
This parasitic disease, although internationally impactful, was especially dangerous in tropical underpriviliged areas, affecting much of Africa.
What is malaria?
Dahomey
This European power expanded martime trading networks, directly leading to the growth of African states like the Kingdom of Kongo and the Asante Empire.
What is Portugal?
This major event from the period 1450-1750 aided the population growth of Africa by introducing staple foods like cassava and peanuts.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This Moroccan scholar is most known for his book A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling which anecdoted his travels to Muslim lands around the world, contributed to Islamic influence in Africa describing its lasting effect on African culture.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
This early technological innovation allowed for greater control on transportation throughout African deserts.
What are camel saddles?
The country which established a new constitution in 1992 with the goal of lessening conflict between parties in the transfer of power.
What is Ghana?
This mineral was vital to the prosperity of Mali and Zimbabwe in the period 1250-1450 due to their abundance in that area.
This country is the victim of a post-independence ethnic genocide fueled by previous mistreatment from colonial Belgium power.
What is Rwanda?
Roughly translating to "way of the saints" this syncretic belief of West African Yoruba and Catholic origin spread all throughout Latin and North America.
What is Santéria.
This sti, although with a cure, was too expensive to distribute medication for in Africa.
What is HIV/AIDS?