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Chapter 16, sections 4, 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "slaves" | word taken from Slavs used as unpaid workers in Roman times |
| trangular trade | Atlantic trade points : 1. goods to Africa to be traded fro slaves 2. slaves to West Indies to be traded fro sugar, molasses 3. sugar to Europe or Americas |
| King Affonso, King of Kongo, developed Kongo as Christian state, tried to stop slave trade | 1456-1543 life dates |
| 1505 | Affonso I becomes king of Kongo |
| THe Assante Kingdom | modern Ghana, 1600s |
| Osei Tutu | leader of Assante Kingdom |
| monopoly | exclusive control of a business or industry |
| Islamic Crusades in Africa | 1700s-early 1800s |
| Usman dan Fodio | scolar preacher of Fulani s in Nigeria led uprising against Hausa rulers |
| Boers | Dutch farmers who settled in South Africa |
| 1652 | Boers arrived in South Africa, built Cape Town |
| Shaka | leader of Zulus in early 1800s |
| 1818-1828 | Zulu war conquered many tribes, created ZULU kingdom |
| 1815 | Cape Town passed from Dutch to British |
| Great Trek | journey of Boers from South Africa north, defeating ZULUs |
| Columbian Exchange | Columbus brought back plants and animals from New World |
| Population Growth in Europe | due to new crops (potatoes and corn), led to migration of people to Americas |
| inflation | economic cycle that involves a rise in prices linked to a sharp increase in the money supply |
| Price revolution | from mining of silver and gold in New World |
| capitalism | the investment of money to make a profit |
| Entrepreneurs | enterprising merchants who organized, managed and assumed the risks of doing business |
| New business class in Europe | entrepreneurs and capitalists |
| joint stock company | pooled large amounts of money needed for overseas ventures |
| putting out system | separated capital and labor:merchants ditributes raw material to peasants, they spin wool and weave cloth, merchants buy cloth and send to city for finishing; merchant sells product for profit |
| mercantilism | economic policy that supported wealth in gold and silver; must export more than import |
| role of colonies | to provide resources and raw materials for parent countries |
| Laws regulating trade with colonies | could not set up own industries to manufacture goods; forbidden to buy goods from foreign country; only ships from parent country can be used to send goods in and out of colony |
| tariffs | taxes on imported goods |
| European families | patricarchal |
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