Chapter 20 Key Terms Flashcards
El Mina
Important Portuguese factory, on coast of modern Ghana
Factories
Portuguese trading stations
Nzinga Mvemba
Ruler of Kongo. Converted to Christianity
Luanda
Portuguese settlement
Royal African Company
Establish monopoly over African trade
Indies piece
Value of an adult male slave
Triangular Trade
Europe Africa Americas Europe
Asante
Alan state among Akan people
Osei Tutu
Important ruler, started centralization and expansion of Asante
Asantehene
Title of the civil and religious ruler of Asante.
Benin
African kingdom famous for its bronze casting techniques.
Dahomey
African state became a major slave trading state through utilization of Western firearms.
Luo
Nilotic people who migrated to establish dynasties
Usuman Dan Fodio
Muslim Fulani leader launched great religious
Great Trek
movement inland to escape their British government.
Shaka
ruler, developed military tactics
Mfecane
wars among Africans, caused migrations and alterations
Swazi and Lesotho
African states formed by the Mfecane.
Middle Passage
slave voyage from Africa to the Americas
Saltwater slaves
name given to slaves born in Africa
Obeah
African religious practices, British American islands.
Candomble
African religious practices, Brazil
Vodun
African religious practices in Haiti.
Palmares
Angolan-led large runaway slave state
Surinam Maroons
descendants of 18th-century runaway slaves who found permanent refuge in the rainforests of Surinam and French Guiana.
