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7th-Africa by Hist

Mr. Stickler's 7th grade "Africa: Shaped by its History" flash cards.

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What scientist found the earliest evidence of East African people? Louis Leakey. (Pg. 31)
What does the word "migrate" mean? "to move" (Pg. 33)
What group has "a society with cities, a government, and social classes? Civilization. (Pg. 32)
What is the name of the organization tool we use in class that uses color and drawings (or pictures) to show relationships between people. ? A Mind Map.
What was "El Mina" castle and what was it used for first? "El Mina" means "the mine". The Portuguese used it to hold enslaved Africans before shipping them to the West Indies. (Pg. 41)
What does "El Mina" mean? "The Mine". (Notes.)
What was "El Mina" castle first used for? For storing and shipping gold by the Portuguese. (Pg. 41)
Name 3 European countries that were involved in the African slave trade. Spain, Portugal, and Denmark. (Pg. 43)
Who was the African ex-slave who escaped captivity and wrote a book about his experiences crossing the Middle Passage? Olaudah Equiano. (Pg. 44)
Name 2 negative effects of the African slave trade on Africa itself. 1.) Large numbers of its population were lost to slavery; 2.) Families were robbed of their skilled workers, tearing societies apart. (Pg. 45)
What was the name of the only African country to successfully resist European domination? Ethiopia. (Pg. 45, in map caption.)
What does the word "colonize" mean? "To settle an area and take over its government." (Pg. 47)
Who was the Belgian ruler whose soldiers committed atrocities in the Congo? King Leopold of Belgium. (Notes.)
When Europeans ruled African countries (after 1884), why did the scramble for land & power cause "lasting harm to Africa"? 1.) Europeans got Africans to fight each other, 2.) Europeans took the best land, 3.) Europeans drew new boundaries for countries, but did not respect ethnic boundaries. (Pg. 46)
What was the "Force Publique"? The "Public Force" - an army of Congolese natives with European officers. They captured Africans and enslaved them - or used force to threaten them - if they didn't harvest rubber for them.
Who was Leon Rom? He was a ruthless Force Publique officer. He lived in their headquarters and ordered his troops to shoot the wives of husbands who would not work. Had severed human heads on posts around the headquarters. (Notes)
Who was Edmund Dene Morel? A British shipping clerk who conducted business in the Belgian Congo. He was one of the first to discover the atrocities happening in the Belgian Congo.
King Leopold II was directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths in the CFS (Congo Free State). About how many Africans was he responsible for killing? He killed (or had killed) between 11 and 23 million Africans.
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