Africa Imperialism Flashcards
Polygamy
Practice of having more then one spouse
Sister wives
Animism
Belief that natural objects have souls outside material bodies
Tribe
Group of people with similar descent
Rite of passage
Marks transition from one phase to another
Bride purse
Payment made by groom to ratify marriage
Diviner
Soothsayer
Fortune teller
Middle passage
Where millions of captives were taken to the new world
Bottom of triangle
Diaspora
Group migrating from a country by force kind of
Abolitionist
Supporter of slaverynot
Lard
Fat of hog makes slave look bigger better sale
Imperialism
Extending rule of nation over foreign countries and holing colonies
Colony
Country settled
Group of people from another land now living on settled land
King Leopold 2
Founder of Congo free state
1-15 mill kill because of him
King affonso
Tried to make Kongo catholic against his people being forced into slavery
Maxim gun
Machine gun helped take over Africa