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Slavery-Cluster WMS
African History and Slavery during the Colonial Times
| Click here first | Definition or explanation |
|---|---|
| What is a slave? | A person who is the property of and subject to another person |
| What are 2 reasons people wanted to own slaves? | 1. Ease of having someone else do work 2. To gain wealth from the work of another person. |
| How was slavery different before 1500? | Slaves could win their freedom. |
| Why is Africa called the "Cradle of Humankind"? | The earliest human remains were found in Africa. |
| What is subsistence farming? | Growing enough for yourself, but not enough to make money selling your crops |
| What was Massachusetts' gold? | Cod |
| What did Europeans bring to Africa to trade for slaves? | Cash, guns and English cloth |
| Savannah | Grassy plain with two seasons--rainy and dry (the longer season) |
| 4 Reasons the West African Kingdoms Were So Powerful | 1. fertile Niger River Valley, 2) Control of trade 3) Open Savannah which aemies could cross quickly to protect their empires 4) Adoption of the Islamic faith |
| Timbuktu | Capital of Mali Kingdom, center of trade and learning |
| Gold | precious metal which supported the trans-Saharan trade between North African Arab Moslems and West African blacks; this trade led to the development of the 3 great West African empires |
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