1. Chapter 13 and Chapter 14

2. 1. The center portion of the journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas is called? 2. The buying, transporting, and selling of Africans for work in the Americas is called the_______? 3. A life threatening disease caused by parasites is called ________. 4. Why has the Democratic Republic of the Congo been so unstable since independence? 5. What are some of the effects of disease on West and Central African people?

3. 6. What is a griot? 7. What do subsistence farmers do to make a living? 8. In what ways did imperialism affect West and Central African countries? 9. How are the Sahel and Savanna different from each other? 10. What produces the different climate zones of West and Central Africa?

4. 11. On what continent is the country of Benin located? 12. How did Cold War rivalries affect West and Central Africa? 13. What was a reason why European powers created African colonies? 14. Describe the effects of the Atlantic slave trade? 15. How were the West African trading empires able to grow and become wealthy?

5. 16. What is microcredit? 17. What is infrastructure? 18. The use of power for personal gain is called? 19. The idea that Africans should unite and practice self-rule as opposed to being ruled by Europeans is called? 20. What is colonialism?