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WHAP Midterms-20
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History
10th Grade
01/15/2009

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Factories
Definition
Portuguese trading fortresses and compounds with resident merchants.
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Triangular trade
Definition
trading going from africa, new world colonies, and europe.
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Middle Passage
Definition
the trip african slaves took from africa to the americas.
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Lancados
Definition
portuguese settlers on the african west coast after being expelled from portugal.
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Nzinga Mvemba
Definition
king of kongo from 1507-1543
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Luanda
Definition
portuguese factory south of kongy established in the 1520s
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Indies Piece
Definition
value of 1 healthy adult male slave
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Asante
Definition
established along the gold coast with the akan people
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Dahomey
Definition
a kingdom in west africa in the mid 17th century among the fon (aja) peoples
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Benin
Definition
a powerful city-state in which is now nigeria.
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Great Trek
Definition
movement of boer settlers in cape colony to escape the influence of british colonial government in 1834.
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Mfecane
Definition
19th century wars in southern africa
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Shaka Zulu
Definition
the leader of the zulu state from 1818-1828
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Swazi and Lesotho
Definition
sourhern african states that survived mfecane
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William Wilberforce
Definition
british statesman and reformer
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Manumission
Definition
formal freedom from slavery
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Obeah
Definition
african religious ideas and practices in the english and french caribbean islands
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Creole slaves
Definition
american born descendants of salt water slaves
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Candomble
Definition
african religious ideas and practices in brazil
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Vodun
Definition
african religious ideas and practices among descendants of african slaves in haiti
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Palmares
Definition
kingdom of runaway slaves in brazil in the 17th century
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Royal African Company
Definition
founded in the 1660s to establish a monopoly over slave trade among british merchants
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