Africans In The Americas

Front 1

The expansion in the 9th century of the Phoenicians led to the founding of the great trade city of _________.

Back 1

Carthage. (13)

Front 2

Herodotus claimed that the _____________ were the first to circumnavigate Africa in a 3 year voyage.

Back 2

Phoenicians (13).

Front 3

The unbalanced level of living between North and sub-Saharan Africa may be linked to the ____ trade.

Back 3

salt (13) they traded it because it was lacking and had preservative qualities

Front 4

Carthaginians traveled by ship to Veracruz at the height of their civilization and established the _____ civilization in Mexico.

Back 4

Olmec (14)

Front 5

The great land power 2600 years ago was ____, the great sea power was ________.

Back 5

land: Kush
sea: Phoenicia

(14)

Front 6

The Kush civilization ended around 350 BC when they were defeated by the ________ of Ethiopia.

Back 6

Axumites (14)

Front 7

The Greeks invaded North Africa in about _____ BC.

Back 7

350 BC (14)

Was led by the Persians at the time of invasion.

Front 8

The Romans conquered Egypt in ____ BC.

Back 8

30 BC (15)

Front 9

Though the Romans led Egypt for 4 centuries, their reign did not spread into _____ in the upper Nile Valley.

Back 9

Nubia (15)

Front 10

After Constantine converted to Christianity in the _______ century AD, it was made the official religion of Egypt.

Back 10

fourth (15)

Front 11

Africans began to follow Coptic (eastern) Christianity after the __________of_________ broke with the Roman pope.

Back 11

Bishop of Alexandria (15)

Front 12

Islam spread throughout Africa about _____ hundred years ago.

Back 12

13 (17)

Front 13

The empire of ancient Ghana emerged in about the _____th century.

Back 13

4th (18)

Front 14

Mali's most famous leader was ______ _______. His most famous act was his great ________ wherein he brought Gold and was said to inflate the economy for a decade.

Back 14

Mansa Musa
pilgrimmage (19)

Front 15

Mali appears to have been created in 1235, east of ancient _______.

Back 15

Ghana (19)

Front 16

Mali boasted internationally famous __________.

Back 16

mosques, or Universities (19)

Front 17

Some fascinating reports claim that African sailors from Mali did what extraordinary feat ahead of its time in the 1300s?

Back 17

traveled to America before Columbus did (19)

Front 18

After Mali was conquered by Songhai, what secondary state of Mali, that had served as an intermediary for trade exports, gained full autonomy and could expand its own territory?

Back 18

Gabu (21)

Front 19

The history of _______ in sub-Saharan Africa is not one of total victimization nor deprivation, nor complete equality with men.

Back 19

women (21)

Front 20

Slaves who were _______ were seen as more profitable whether the owner was from a patrilineal, matrilineal, or Muslim society.

Back 20

women (22)

Front 21

Children born to enslaved mothers would often do what to help out their mothers if they had become political leaders?

Back 21

reward their mothers by elevating them to royal status (23)

Front 22

A child's status as birth as free or slave depends on what?

Back 22

if his mother is a slave or not (23)

Front 23

Converting to Islam did what to women?

Back 23

reduced their sociopolitical power , but did give them certain rights in marriage and divorce, and protection against enslavement (24)

Front 24

The most prominent leader of Songhai was ___________________, who came to power in 1493; he lead a pilgrimmage to Mecca just as Mansa Musa did a century earlier.

Back 24

Askia the Great (27)

Front 25

The first ___________ contacts with West Africa were made between 1444 and 1455 and involved considerable pillage.

Back 25

Portuguese

Front 26

As a result of increased good contact with Portugal after initial hostility, the King of the Kongo did what?

Back 26

converted to Christianity

Front 27

________, Europe's first and only colony on mainland Atlantic Africa, was really little more than a base and trading station, much like Portugal's colony at Mozambique, which was developed simultaneously.

Back 27

Angola (35)

Front 28

During the ____s and _____s, Africa had substantial industrial production.

Their main export was _______ made from fibers found in bark.

Back 28

1500s and 16000s

textiles

Front 29

Africans sold twice as many _____ as ____ into the trade.

Back 29

males as females (44)

Front 30

In 1502, the first slaves were instituted where?

Back 30

the Caribbean (71)

Front 31

The Haiti slave revolt began in ____.

Their independence was gained in ____.

Back 31

The Haiti slave revolt began in 1791.

Their independence was gained in 1804.

Front 32

What is considered the "sugar bowl of the world"?

Back 32

The Caribbean Basin

Front 33

Modern Haiti and the Dominican Republic are referred to collectively as what?

Back 33

Hispaniola.

Front 34

The ____ _____, the foundation of Spanish jurisprudence, declared slavery as contrary to natural law while protecting enslaved persons from serious abuse by masters.

Back 34

Siete Partidas (74)

Front 35

The French had no slave laws on the books but eventually enacted the ____ ____ in 1685 to grant slaves basic rights.

Back 35

Code Noir (74)

Front 36

Slave ______ rates in the Caribbean were much lower than in North American colonies, especially after the mid-eighteenth century.

Back 36

birth rates (80)

Front 37

__________ was a fairly common feature of Caribbean societies. African slaves mated with whites, and soon a mixed mulatto population emerged.

Back 37

Miscegenation (81).

the children inherited their mothers' legal status.

Front 38

Four regional slave patterns in America were what?

Back 38

1. The Chesapeake: Virginia pioneered tobacco production.

2. Mixed use of black for domestic, farm, general purpose.

3. New England's small and localized labor.

4. Low Country (Carolinas and Georgia) where rice dominates.

Front 39

What is creole?

Back 39

Creole are people of African descent born and raised in America.