Vocabulary Words 11.5

Question 1

Osei Tutu-

Answer 1

He was a military leader of the Asante Kingdom that battled control for the
slave trade located in present-day Ghana

Question 2

Oyo Empire

Answer 2

Present-day Nigeria used its army to conquer neighboring empires and traded
heavily with Europeans

Question 3

Plantation-

Answer 3

Large agricultural farm (Cotton, Indigo, Tobacco, Rice)

Question 4

Missionary

Answer 4

Jesuits that come from Europe to spread Christianity in the Kongo region and
influenced Afonso I

Question 5

Monopoly-

Answer 5

Control of a business (Gold mines and Slave Trade) in the Asante Kingdom

Question 6

Triangular Trade-

Answer 6

Involves 3 continents Europe, Africa, and the Americas goods were
imported and exported based on supply and demand.
1st Leg Europe to Africa
2nd Leg Africa to America
3rd Leg America to Europe

Question 7

Middle Passage-

Answer 7

The 2nd leg from Africa to the Americas. Slaves are captured and sold to
European traders

Question 8

Mutiny

Answer 8

When slaves revolted on the Slave ships Amistad Mutiny happened of the coast
of Cuba

Question 9

Afonso I-

Answer 9

Ruler of the Kongo, educated by Jesuit missionaries, children sent to Europe to
be educated and he wanted to end the slave trade

Question 10

Olaudah Equiano-

Answer 10

An African who wrote about his experience being captured in a Nigerian
village and place on a slave ship bound for the Americas