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7 Hist Ch 15 WS BJU
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 25% | percent of African slaves that died on slave ships before reaching their destination |
| 2000 | number of slaves traded before 1600 |
| 6000 | number of missionaries in mission field by late 1800s |
| Algeria | African country that France invaded and established a colonial empire |
| American | loss of these colonies in the 1700s led the British to expand their exploration |
| Berlin, Germany | location where European countries met in 1885 to divide Africa |
| British | this navy helped in slave trade in Africa |
| cash crops | beeswax, cotton, honey, ivory & palm oil are examples of this kind crop |
| Colonialism | taking over one or more nations by another nation |
| Crowther | First African bishop in the Anglican Church |
| economic, natiionalistic , religious & racist | reasons Europeans colonized Africa |
| end of slave trade | led to peaceful conditions and allowed tribes to settle down rather than migrate |
| Ethiopia | trained a modern army to defend against European invasion |
| Fante Confederation | native preachers and teachers of Africa that promoted working together to maintain self-rule, development of African resources & education for males & females |
| France | country that attacked Samori Ture's empire in West Africa |
| France | country that lost colonies to Englandin the 1700s, suffered defeat by the Germans in 1870, & colonized part of North Africa |
| Horton | man who disproved theory of racial inferiority of blacks |
| Industrial Revolution | created a need for African natural resources |
| Islam | primary religion of Sokoto and Tukulor empires |
| Italy | country Ethiopia stopped from colonizing them |
| Leopold | Belgium imperialist king |
| Liberia & Ethiopia | two countries that avoided European colonization |
| Livingstone | missionary from Britain who explored the Zambezi River |
| Macemba | African who wrote a letter to Germany, rejecting colonization |
| maxim gun | fast firing gun Europeans used to attack the Africans |
| Menelik | Ruler of Ethiopia |
| Moffat | preached in South Africa for 53 years |
| palm oil | export from African used to lubricate industrial machines |
| phase one | phase in which Europeans talked African rulers to sign treaties with them |
| Portugal | one of the first Europeans nations to explore Africa and establish trade posts |
| Roberts | President of Liberia who practiced diplomacy |
| Sir Richard Burton | Explorer who risked his life to find source of the Nile River: |
| slaves | early British trade in Africa mostly involved this |
| Stanley | Reporter who found Livinigstone in Africa |
| Ture | African general of the Wassoulou Empire |
| wars | decrease in slave trade led to decrease in ____________ between African tribes |
| Yoruba | African language Bible was translated to |