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Africa

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Waterfall. Cataract.
Area of marshland formed by silt at rivers. Delta.
Ruling family. Dynasty.
Government that includes departments and levels of authority. Bureaucracy.
Chief minister. Vizier.
Egyptian civilization developed... Along the banks on the Nile River.
During Egypt's Old Kingdom, pyramids were built to... Provide everything a pharaoh needed in the afterlife.
Who had responsibility for overseeing irrigation, tax collection, and farming in ancient Egypt? The vizier.
During Egypt's Middle Kingdom... Foreign invaders occupied Egypt.
Egypt's empire expanded the farthest during the reign of... Thutmose III.
A west African language. Bantu.
A civilization on the upper Nile. Nubia.
The world's largest desert. Sahara.
A grassy plain. Savanna.
What is one way in which Africa's geographic features influenced its cultural development? They acted as highways that eased the movement of people.
One cause of migration in Africa was... The desertification of the Sahara.
What is one fact about Nubia? It was under Egyptian control for 500 years.
What major change occurred in North Africa in the early 700s? Islam became the main religion.
What caused the decline of Nubia? Nubia lost its war with Egypt.
A large farming estate. Plantation.
Exclusive control of a business or industry. Monopoly.
A person who wants to convert others to a religion. Missionary.
Settled by the Yoruba people of present-day Nigeria. Oyo empire.
The first permanent European settlement in Africa. Cape Town.
In the 1400s, the Portuguese established a major presence... On the coasts of Africa.
How did Europeans usually obtain slaves? They exchanged European goods for slaves.
For what is Affonso I known? He appealed to Europeans to stop the slave trade.
Who was Osei Tutu? The powerful king of the Asante.
The Boers were... Dutch farmers.
The ____ linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Triangular Trade.
One danger on slave ships was a ____ by the captured slaves. Mutiny.
In the ____,enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas. Middle Passage.
An enslaved African, ____, was taken from his village when he was 11 years old. Olaudah Equiane.
The first European nation to get involved with the slave trade. Spain.
On the first leg of the international trade network... Europeans transported goods to Africa.
What did cities such as Bristol, England; Nantes, France; and Newport, Rhode Island, have in common? They grew prosperous because of the triangular trade.
The term floating coffin refers to... Slave ships.
The biggest threat to captive ships. Disease.
What was the effect of the Atlantic slave trade? It helped colonial economies.
A famous missionary and explorer. David Livingstone.
Leader of West African resistance to colonial rule. Samouri Toure.
Helped set up a powerful Muslim state in Nigeria. Usman dan Fodio.
The upper class. Elite.
Ruthless and brilliant leader of the Zulus. Shaka.
What weakened the Asante Kingdom? Tributary states looking for help to defeat their Asante rulers.
Christian missionary groups followed explorers to Africa in order to... Convert Africans to Christianity.
What event began the European stampede for colonies in Africa? Belgian Kind Leopold II's activities in the Congo.
Which country controlled much of northern and west-central Africa? Britain.
Why was Ethiopia able to maintain its independence from Italy? Menelik II had worked to modernize it.
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