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