AAA Africa Test 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Year the Africans and Europeans began interacting with each other | 1400's |
| Portugese | First nation to set up outposts in Africa, looking for gold |
| Muslims | held control in Eastern Africa whom the Portugeuse battled |
| Slav | Word that slaves come from; ethnic Russians who were unpaid laborers |
| Muskets, tools, cloth | Things Europeans had to trade |
| Spanish | First group to "need slaves" for their american colonies |
| Triangular trade | guns-Africa-slaves-America-cotton/sugar/tobacco/- Europe |
| African leader who resisted the overtaking of his kingdom, used his portugeuse connections | King Affonso |
| 11 Million slaves | How many slaves were in the new world after slavery was abolished |
| Oyo, Bornu,Dahomey, Asante, | new kingdoms that sprung up from the rubble.. |
| Osei Tutu | founder of the Asante kingdom |
| monopoly | exclusive control or possession of something, a particular industry |
| 1652 | year the Dutch founded Capetown |
| Boers | dutch calvinist farmers who believed they were better than africans |
| Boers+Zulus= | a clash, in which Shaka, the leader of the Zulus fought courageously for ten years |
| 1700's and 1800's- Islam | upstart of Islam in West Africa, was a positive thing for the area, increased literacy, etc.. |
| 1815 | year Cape Colony passes from Dutch possesion to the British |
| Schools and clinics | places in which christianity was spread throughout Africa |
| Paternalistic | the view foreign missionaries took to the native africans- they needed to be converted and "civilized" |
| Dr. David Livingstone | explorer from Britain who spent over 30 years in Africa observing local customs and culture. He tried to really absorb himself in local folly, etc.. thought christianity and trade could end slavery |
| Name the 5 economic stimulants for imperialism | 1- natural resources 2- expanding markets 3- invest profits 4-outlet for growing populations 5-strengthed economies by industrial revolution |
| the 5 military causes for imperialism | 1- bases needed for military vessels, nationalism, national security, prestige, strong governments |
| social causes of imperialism | spreading christianity, spreading western civilization, belief in European racial superiority, social darwinism |
| technology causes of imperialism | advances in communication, medical advances, weaponry and overseas travel advancing |
| indirect control of colonies | local government officials were used; european government style; an effort to "develop" future leaders |
| direct control of colonies | foreign officials were ruling- assimilating and acculturating were the goals here |
| Berlin Conference of 1884 | partitioning of Africa happened here- free trade of congo and niger rivers |
| Biggest land owners in Africa | France and Britian |
| Nile River | area conquered by Britian |
| South Africa had... | gold!! |
| Belgian Congo | controled by tyrannical King Leopold |
| Menelik II | ruler of Ethiopia, did a fabulous job in resisting Italians |
| Suez Canal | joint effort by French and Egyptians, soon Egyptians sold their shares to British because they were in debt |
| in Belgian congo | Rubber was found.... |
| who won the Boer war... | the BRITS!! |
| 1920-30's | a new breed of Africans sprung up who were proud of their heritage |
| Where Africans were forced to work | European factories and mines |
| Squatting | illegally settling on lands owned by the Europeans |
| Taxing, ID cards, restricting travel | other injustices imposed upon the Africans by the white settlers |
| Cash crops caused | famine because farmers were forced to grow these instead of food to feed themselves |
| ILLEGAL | Labor unions, legal or illegal...? |
| women's war | revolt of Ibo women from Nigeria who wanted their political and economic freedom back- they got violent |
| 1910-1940 | years when racial segregation really began to revv up in South Africa |
| 1948 | Apartheid becomes law in South Africa |
| 1912 | founding of African National congress; worked through legal means |
| 1920's- Pan Africanism | a movement that sprung up celebrating African heritage no matter where one lived on the globe- embracing themselves |
| W.E.B. DuBois- 1919 | organized a Pan-African congress in Paris where peace papers were being signed after WWI. Lobbying foreign peacemakers= fail |
| negritude movement | started by french speakers in West Africa and the caribbean, spread worldwide, real embracing of culture,etc.. |
| Wafd Party | a political party that sprung up in Egypt that opposed colonialism and found great support among native egyptians |
| 1922- egypt | year Britian declared Egypt independent |
| Pan- African flag | red=blood, black= skin, green=land |
| 1930's- Muslim | The Muslim Brotherhood was founded this year. It rejected western culture, religion, African purists... |
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