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Chapter 4 Flashcards

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1
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What African nation was created by Great Britain for freed African slaves?

A

Sierra Leone

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What Africa Nation was established by the United States after slaves were freed?

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Liberia

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What type of European rule controlled all aspects of an African colony?

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Direct

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What type of European rule allowed African leaders to enforce laws?

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Indirect

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What two trade items allowed African nations to create large kingdoms in the West?

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Gold and Salt

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How did the people of Africa preserve their history?

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Oral traditions

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Extended families in Africa included whom?

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Parents, children, spruces, other relatives

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What two societies did most Africans live in?

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Farming and herding

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How was the land viewed in African culture

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Community property

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What is it called when the husband gives gifts to the brides family

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Bride wealth

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11
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What were most religions of Africa?

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Monotheistic (one god)

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During the height of the slave trade how many Africans were sent into slavery each year?

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60,000

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What continents were linked during the slave trade

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Africa, Europe, America

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14
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What did Europeans use to pay slave rulers?

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Guns

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How did the slave trade destroy many villages of Africa?

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Took strong hands preventing farming

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16
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What was the religious motive behind European imperialism

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Spreading Christianity

17
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What two innovations helped Europeans advance into Africa?

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New medical knowledge

The maxim gun

18
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What was the main discussion during the Berlin conference?

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How to divide Africa

19
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What country did resist European imperialism by buying European technology?

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Ethiopia

20
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The discovery of what two resources sent Europeans into South Africa?

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Diamonds and gold

21
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What did the European money economy encourage African farmers to produce?

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Cash crops

22
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What new systems of communication and transportation did colonial rule bring to Africa?

A

Roads
Railroads
Telegraphs

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