Africa Case
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What was the impact of the slave trade on Europeans sent to Africa?
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Europeans rapidly were dispersed throughout the African nations of the interior, frequently intermarrying with the native population.
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Most died of tropical diseases.
Which of the following was not part of the system of “triangular trade”?
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transport of plantation products to Europe
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shipment of North American manufactured products to the Caribbean
Where did most of the centralizing states of central and western Africa form in response to the Atlantic slave trade?
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near the Swahili trade cities
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in the interior, along lines of trade to the trade forts, but outside European zones of influence
Which of the following was not a large African state that developed during the period of the Atlantic slave trade?
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Asante
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Ghana
Under whose rule was unity achieved among the numerous Akan clans of Asante?
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Osei Tutu
In what area of Africa was a plantation economy based on slave labor established?
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Dahomey
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the coastal region of East Africa
The Sufi mystic responsible for initiating a religious reform movement among the Hausa kingdoms in 1804 was
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Agaja.
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Usuman Dan Fodio.
In 1818 who assumed leadership in the Zulu chiefdom of the Nguni people of southern Africa?
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Kebale
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Shaka
The “Middle Passage” referred to
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the voyage from Africa across the Atlantic to the Americas.
How were the British colonies of the southern Atlantic coast of North America different from the Latin American colonies?
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Britain had no colonies on the southern Atlantic coast of America.
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The British colonies depended less on imported Africans because of the positive rate of growth among the slaves.
The most important of the Portuguese trade forts was __________ in the heart of the gold-producing region.
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El Mina
Christian missionaries achieved a major success in the Kongo where the ruler, __________, and the royal family were converted.
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Nzinga Mvemba
The foundation of the trade fort at __________ south of Kongo became the basis for the Portuguese colony of Angola.
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Luanda
The __________ was chartered to supply a source of slaves for the growing British colonies in Barbados, Jamaica, and Virginia.
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Royal African Company
The Spanish developed a complicated system in which a healthy adult male slave was called an “__________,” while children and women were valued at fractions of that value.
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Indies piece
During some periods there did exist a __________ trade in which slaves were carried to the Americas, sugar and tobacco to Europe, and European products to the coast of Africa.
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triangular