Africa Imperialism Flashcards

1
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Polygamy

A

Practice of having more then one spouse

Sister wives

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2
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Animism

A

Belief that natural objects have souls outside material bodies

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3
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Tribe

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Group of people with similar descent

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4
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Rite of passage

A

Marks transition from one phase to another

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5
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Bride purse

A

Payment made by groom to ratify marriage

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6
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Diviner

A

Soothsayer

Fortune teller

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7
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Middle passage

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Where millions of captives were taken to the new world

Bottom of triangle

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8
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Diaspora

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Group migrating from a country by force kind of

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9
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Abolitionist

A

Supporter of slaverynot

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10
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Lard

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Fat of hog makes slave look bigger better sale

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11
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Imperialism

A

Extending rule of nation over foreign countries and holing colonies

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12
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Colony

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Country settled

Group of people from another land now living on settled land

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13
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King Leopold 2

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Founder of Congo free state

1-15 mill kill because of him

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14
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King affonso

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Tried to make Kongo catholic against his people being forced into slavery

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15
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Maxim gun

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Machine gun helped take over Africa

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16
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Shaka Zulu

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Zulu king founder Zulus battled British and boers for land

17
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Bantu

A

Language spoken in Niger and Congo

18
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Boers

A

Dutch farmers

19
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Guns

A

Portable firearm used to defeat tribes

20
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Plantations

A

Large farm estate

21
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Scarification

A

To make superficial incisions in the skin

22
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Berlin conference

A

Europeans meet to carve up Africa

23
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Lineage

A

Ancestry