1. Africa & The Atlantic World
APWH: Ch26 – Mr. Mims

2. Thomas Peters was central in promoting a colony for ex-slaves in what country?

3. What is the name given to escaped slaves who fought to maintain British rule in North America?

4. The rise of early maritime trade in Africa resulted in regional kingdoms replacing imperial states on what coast of Africa?

5. What was the most important early city for Songhai?

6. The most influential ruler in the rise of Sonhai was…

7. Sunni Ali built a powerful navy to patrol what river?

8. What religion did the leaders of Songhai follow?

9. In what year and to whom did the Songhai empire fall?

10. In 1505 which African city-states were subdued by the Portuguese?

11. What name is King Nzinga Mbemba more commonly known by?

12. In the Kingdom of the Kongo, who converted to Christianity and encouraged subjects to do the same and become more European?

13. With what European country did Afonso I build an early alliance?

14. Why did the Portuguese refer to Ndongo as Angola?

15. Who was the chief obstacle to Portuguese control of Angola?

16. Who did Queen Ndongo form an alliance with in an effort to drive out the Portuguese?

17. What was the massive, fortified city in southern Africa that controlled the gold trade of the 15th century?

18. A trading post was built at Cape Town by what European people?

19. The Dutch came into contact with what aboriginal people in Cape Town?

20. What city in West Africa became the center of Islamic Learning?

21. What does the term syncretic mean?

22. Who were the Fulani and how did they spread Islam?

23. Who said that Jesus was a black man and that Kongo was the true holy land?

24. What is manioc (cassava) ? How did it get to Africa?

25. What was the population of sub-Saharan Africa by 1800?

26. Throughout most of world history, how were the majority of slaves taken?

27. What was it about African law that made slavery or the view of slavery different from the varieties practiced elsewhere?

28. Describe the Triangular Trade.

29. What percentage of slaves died during the middle passage?

30. How many Africans were forced to the Americas as part of the slave trade?

31. What labor were most slaves forced to do?

32. Where did the only successful slave revolt to end slavery occur?

33. What do Vodou, Santeria, and Candomble have in common?

34. What was the first European country to abolish slavery?