West Africa's History CHapter 12
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- Savanna
- grassy plain with irregular patterns of rainfall.
- Desertification
- process by which fertile or semi-desert land becomes desert
- Cataracts
- waterfalls
- The Niger River
- A river of western Africa.
- Gold-Salt Trade
- ghana, mali and songhai's major export.
- Islam
- A monotheistic religion. belief in God, and Muhammad was his prophet.
- Mansa Musa
- leader of mali. converted to islam. pilgrammaged to mecca. He had alot of gold, he put to much into the market which made it less valuable.
- Timbuktu
- A city of central Mali. became a major area for trade.
- Patrilineal
- a family organization in which kinship ties are traced through the father
- Matrilineal
- a family organization in which kinship ties are traced through the mother
- Lineage
- group claiming a common ancestor
- Griots
- professional stroytellers in early west africa
- Predestination
- idea that God long ago determined who will gain salvation
- Theocracy
- government run by church leaders
- Charles V
- King of Spain. Holy Roman Emperor
- Protestant
- a person who follows the protestant religion. (influenced by reformation)
- John Calvin
- originally born in france. founder of calvinism. moved to switzerland because france didnt accept his views
- Edward VI
- King of England and Ireland (1547-1553). The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, he died of tuberculosis.
- Mary Tudor
- Daughter of Henry 8 and Catherine of Aragon. only surviving child.
- Parliament
- national representative body having supreme legislative powers within the state.
- Act of Supremacy 1534
- it was passed by Henry8. it stated that he was the rightful and sole ruler of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Nationalism
- feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country.
- Viceroy
- representative who ruled one of spain's provinces in the Americas in the Kings Name.
- Plantation
- big estate run by an owner or overseer and worked by laborers who live there.
- Encomienda
- right the spanish gov. granted to its American colonists to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans
- Peon
- worker forced to labor for a landlord in order to pay off a debt.
- Peninsular
- member of the highest class in Spain's colonies in the Americas.
- Tainos
- A member of the people of the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas who became extinct under Spanish colonization during the 16th century.
- Hernan Cortes
- Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico
- Malinche
- the female guide and translator who accompanied Cortes.
- Montezuma
- Last Aztec emperor in Mexico (1502-1520). He was overthrown by Hernando Cortés.
- Aztecs
- A member of a people of central Mexico whose civilization was conquered by Hernan Cortez
- Bartolome de las Casas
- Spanish missionary and historian who sought to abolish the oppression and enslavement of the native peoples in the Americas.
- Creole
- person in spains colonies in the americans who was an anerican born descendant of spanish settlers
- Mestizo
- a person in spains colonies who was of native american and european descent
- Mulatto
- person in spains colonies in the americas who was of african and european descent.
- Inflation
- economic cycle that involved a rise in prices linked to sharp increase in the amount of money available