Chapter 17- Africa in the Early Colonial Period
What did some African leaders trade to the Europeans in order to gain gunpowder and firearms?
African slaves
Which of the following was NOT true of the African Diaspora in the New World?
Africans were able to transplant and continue using their native languages
Give TWO specific examples of the cultural syncretism that took place in the New World between 1500-1800
Creole languages- combo of languages made from languages of colonizers (Spanish, French, English) and west African languages/grammar Religious syncretism- elements of Christianity and combined it with own beliefs/traditions- African American church
What would be needed to be added to the map to describe the main elements of the "triangular trade" that accompanied the Atlantic slave trade?
European manufactured goods going to Africa and American cash crops to Europe
Which of the following statements is NOT a contributing factor to using forced African labor in the Americas?
Europeans did not try to use Native Americans as slave laborers for ear that they would not survive the harsh conditions in mines and on plantations.
Which of the following factors did NOT contribute to the end of the slave trade?
Europeans gave up on the plantation model for cash crop production
All of the following were true of the Songhay ruler Askia Muhammad EXCEPT
He defeated neighboring Moroccans using a new weapon: firearms
All of the following statements were true of the slave trade EXCEPT
In the grueling journey across the Atlantic, known as the Middle Passage, an estimated 10% of African slaves never made it to the Americas.
Give TWO specific examples of the effects of the slave trade on Africa
Politically- some societies held advantage over others, traded guns for slaves- societies with guns more easily invaded and conquer neighboring groups Economically- dependent on goods from Europe, didn't manufacture own goods, harmed economic growth
Vasco da Gama, who successfully invaded the Swahili city-states in East Africa in 1498 was working for which country?
Portugal
Which statement about the Atlantic slave trade accurately adds important information to what the map shows?
The journey across the Atlantic was a grueling one for the captives and many died before reaching the Americas
This map supports the conclusion about the Atlantic slave trade that the greatest number of slaves was sent
to Brazil and the Caribbean to work on sugar plantations