Africa

Question 1

Why were countries interested in Africa?

Answer 1

Natural Resources

Question 2

Nationalism

Answer 2

Western-educated leaders in Africa called for independence.
They had learned ideas of freedom and nationalism from the imperialists who educated them
People throughout Africa began to protest against imperial rule in the 1920s.
Africans were influenced by the ideas of Pan-Africanism, which stressed the need for the unity of all Africans.

Question 3

African Kingdoms

Answer 3

–North African Kingdoms (Nubia / Kush, Aksum, Ghana
-Centered on trade: Gold, Salt
Had governments with Kingdom Rulers…Kings.
–South African Kingdoms
Stateless societies…local rulers.
Overall Differences: Many societies were matrilineal, meaning they traced descent through mothers, rather than patrilineal, tracing descent through fathers.

Question 4

Triangular Trade

Answer 4

Operated from the late 16th to early 19th centuries, carrying slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods betweenWest Africa,CaribbeanorAmericancolonies and theEuropeancolonial powers.

Question 5

Middle Passage

Answer 5

The stage of thetriangular tradein which millions of people fromAfrica were shipped to theNew Worldas part of theAtlantic slave trade.