Chapter 19 Quiz
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- Where is the Great Mosque located?
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Jenne
- What river is the Great Mosque at Jenne next to?
- Niger River
- The mosque the ___________in the world.
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largest mud brick structure
- What type of influence does the Great Mosque show?
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It shows how Islamic architecture was influenced by the use of local materials and by west African aesthetic principles.
- Why were large states the exception in Africa?
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- Why is there such a strong African element in the religious life of Brazil?
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More people of African descent or those who were influenced by slaves live in Brazil than any other country outside of Afirca.
- Describe the Carribean Sugar Mill and the work done at the mills.
- Wind power was used to crush the sugar cane, then heat from the furnace was used to boil down the juice. This machinery was used six days a week year round. Slaves operated the machinery which was dangerous, hard, and unceasing.
- Syncretism in Brazil? example
- African beliefs infused with Roman Catholicism. Candombie- Spirits were carried to the Americas from African societies; spirituality of women; women were mediators between humans and powerful deities.
- What worried leaders of the Catholic Church in the 18th century?
- Religious syncretism was leading to heretical ideas; drums and dancing were viewed as satonic; could use church courts to suppress the heresy.
- "the Atlantic Slave trade cheapened life in Africa" HOW?
- Humans were now cargo. Tribes would generally not sell their own people into slavery, but any other tribe was fair game. People were only a way to get guns. Guns were more valued then life.
- How do African slaves combine african rituals and Catholic beliefs?
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They had the same basic outline of Catholic stones and traditions, but they use drums and sprits which make it Afircan
add stuff if its not the right answer - What similarities and differences are there between the rituals ascribed to Caetana and those of Luzia? What was the principal spiritual role of each of these women?
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They both are acting out the catholic parts and they use music. Both women were to act as spiritual leaders.
add stuff - How did Equiano become free?
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he purhased his own freedome
- Where was Equiano a leader of the black community?
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britain
- When did Eqiuiano buy his freedom?
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1766
- Timbuktu is present day what?
- Mali
- When was Equianos autobiography published?
- 1789
- About how many slaves were transported between the 16th and 19th century?
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12 million
- Why was Interesting Narrative being questioned?
- Some disputed evidence suggests that the author was born in the Americas and created his own account of Africa and the voyage across the Atlantic by retelling other slaves stories.
- What was the triangular trade?
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a complex set of interconnections between African, American, and Europenan socieites
- Some Africans lived in _____________ societies; others were subjects of powerful __________.
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- hunter gatherer
-monarchs - Was Africa an isolated continent?
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no
it has been apart of world history since the most ancient of times with long standing connections -
______-speaking migrants brought grain agriculture and iron technology.
Agriculture provided food but _______ were kept for wealth and status.
_____ were am essential element in all marriages. -
- Bantu
- cattle
- cattle -
_________ became a staple in Africa and were introduced from ____________.
Food surpluses and wealth in cattle created powerful kingdoms in the _______ region.
There was contact b/n Christian communities in the _____, _____, & _____.
The _______ -
- plantains
- Southeast Asia
- Great Lakes
- Kongo, Ethiopia, South Africa
- Ethiopian - Great Lakes Region
- temperate highland region in and around the Great Rift Valley in east central Africa; agriculture, cattle, pastoralism, iron industry, dense populations
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________ told people of the Kongo that they must unite under a new king (she was also called _____ and claimed to die every Friday and rise every Sunday)
She conversed with _____ and ______.
She declared that the apostles were _________. -
- Kimpa Vita
- Dona Beatriz
- God, St. Anthony
- Black men - Kimpa Vita
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christian reformer in the Kongo Kingdom
a.k.a Dona Beatrix - Sahel
- arid region south of the sahara desert; trade and urbanization
- Songhai Empire
- capital at Gao along the Niger River; built on a thousand year old tradition of large-scale states in this region
- Manumission
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voluntary freeing of slaves by their masters
- Asante Kingdom
- expanding power in the forest region of 18th century West Arica
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Kongo monarchally collapsed when invaded and torn apart by ______.
Dona Beatriz was opposed to Portuguese missionaries who called her a _____.
She was captured by one of the factions claiming the throne of Kongo, tries for ____ and ____ and mainly _ -
- civil war
- heretic
- witchcraft, heresy, burned at the stake - Where did the British promote abolitionism?
- worldwide
- The abolition of slave trade had no impact on?
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non-British territories
- After Parliament abolished slavery it would take many more years before what?
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slavery itself would actually be abolished
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The _____ Empire was one of the West african _______ civilizations.
The emperors (aka _______) of songhai patronized ______ arts and sciences.
_____ Mosque in Timbuktu was the center of intellectual activity.
Timbuktu was famous for ______, _____ -
- Songhai
- Niger River
- askias
- Islamic
- Sankore
- gold, trade, muslim scholars
- and intellectual and cultural center -
Native American economic and population centers were in the _______ but European powers were on the _____.
The ____, _____, _____, and other European powers were focused on trade in slaves.
What does reoriented Africa mean? -
- interior, coast
- Portuguese, French, English
- the concentration of slaves and people was on the coast instead of in the interior of the country. -
IN some parts of the Americas, Africans worked as _____.
Africans were prized for their skill with _________.
Africans, slaves and free, served as _____. -
- artisans
-iron working
- frontier soldiers -
in _____ North America, manumission was rare.
_____ ______ differentiated people by skin tone, so freed blacks were viewed _____ to enslaved blacks.
Equiano faced prejudice b/c of his skin tone, had to carry _____ attesting his freedom and avoided _ -
- British
- legal codes
- equal
- documents
- Georgia and Carolina
- treated the same/badly - When did Prliament abolish slavery?
- 1807
- What delayed the passage of the abolition?
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French Revolution
- Why did the French Revolution delay the passage of the aboliton?
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English parliament came to fear change/radicalism
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The trade in African slaves transformed the ____, ____, and _____ landscape of ____ African societies
The ____ ____ was a rising power in the forest region of west Africa in the 18th century. -
- military
- political
- economic
-west
- Asante Kingdom - Who was William Wilberforce?
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member of english parliament
brought abolitionism to the attention of the House of Commons
he wanted to end slavery but he didnt want to seem so radical so he decided to get rid of the slave trade first
- How did Equiano help the abolitionism campaign?
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his story helped
he prospered financaillay from the campaign
- Who did Equiano mary?
- married into a moderately prosperous English family
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The asante kings (called _____) souht to expand their power by _____ _____.
_____ were frequently taken captive and were normally ransomed back to their families or kept as _____.
in 18th century. captives could be sold to ____ slave traders. -
- asantenenes
- conquering neighbors
- prisoners of war
- servants
- european - Entreprenuers such as _________ famous for_____________used their skills to promote abolitionism. Wedgewood sold plates with what on them?
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Wedgewood
ceramics
enslaved Africans (patronizing) - After 1776, British also promoted ______ as part of their ____________.
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abolitionism
tradition of liberty - Abolitionsishts refereed to the __________ in 1689 and its protection of liberty.
- Bill of Rights
- The ideals of the _________were also used to promote abolitionism.
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enlightenment
freedom to learn
(humanism) -
befor the trans____ trade in slaves, slavery was a _______ of war.
it was economically _______ to sell slaves to the ______, capturing prisoners to enslave them became the cause of war.
_____ ______ paid for slaves with _____, rum, _____, and guns.< -
- atlantic
- by product
- profitable
- Europeans
- British traders
- currency
- cloth -
Abolitionists pointed out that English consumption of ___ promoted slavery. How? -
sugar
slaves were needed as labor on sugar plantations
*this made each english man and woman consider their role in slavery, even if they did not themsleves own or trade slaves - What was Dahomey?
- an African state that used the slave trade to increase power
- What transformed the politics of Africa?
- slave trade
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Dahomey kings traded slaves for _____ which gave them ____ superiority over other kingdoms.
more and more _____ entered WEst africa as the value of slaves increased -
- guns
-military
- guns - ________ increased, to provide more slaves for the trade.
- wars
- The _____ church is one of the oldest Christian churches
- -Ethiopian
- What is the reputation of Timbuktu?
- and intellectual and cultural center
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more states became
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centralized
insecurity - African _______and ________ who traded in slaves became more powerful.
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merchants
leaders
- Equiano avoided ____ and _____, where slaves were treated _______.
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- Georgia and Carolina
- The same/poorly -
other kingdoms began to trade slaves for guns to _________.
sometimes, trading other people into slavery was the only way to ______. -
-protect themselves
- prevent being enslaved - The ______was dominated by a powerful pro-slavery lobby made up of slave owners and traders.
- British Parliament
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True or FAlse:
Prior to the European trade in African slaves, children were always enslaved. -
FALSE!
:P - __________, however, was turning against slave trade and slavery.
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public opinion
- In 1722, an English judge ruled that a slave who reached England could not be forced where?
- back to his or her slave colony
- English law did no recognize ______ as legal in 1772
- slavery
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Europeans were willing to ____ and _____ slave children.
If parents were in _____ circumstances, they might sell ______ generally sold to a family who could _________. -
- buy and transport
- dire
- one child
- take good care of the child - As with many British Christians of the late 18th century, Equiano came to oppose slavery as incompatiable with what?
- Christian morality and principles
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Children were rarely resold, and usually _________________. ________ _________ was was a way for the new family to identify the child slave with local lineages.
What is fictive kinship? -
- incorperated into the family or culture
- fictive kinship
- a system that stated that the new family you were sold into was your "real" family. -
True or False:
In African villages, the slaves and masters lived close and under the same conditions - TRUE!
- What is the sign of monarchy and what animal was in the picture of the slave sacrafices?
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-umbrellas
-alligator