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22 Cards in this Set
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Factories
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forts and trading posts with resident merchants
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La Mina
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the most important factory, in the heart of the gold-producing region of the forest zone
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Lancados
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provided essential links between economies of African interior and factories on the coast
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Nzinga Mvemba
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ruler, brought the whole kingdom to Christianity
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Luanda
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a coast, next to Atlantic ocean, above Cape of Good Hope
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Asante
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Est. in Gold Coast among Akah people settled around Kumasi
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Danomey
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Kingdom developed among Fon or Aja peoples in 17th cent
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Royal African Company
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Chartered in 1660’s to establish a monopoly among British merchants
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Indies Piece
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Term utilized within the complex exchange system established by the Spanish for African trade.
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Triangular trade
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Commerce linking Africa, the New World colonies, and Europe
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Asantehene
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Title taken by ruler of Asante Empire
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Benin
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city-state formed in 14th cent under Ewuare the Great
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Fulani
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Pastoral people of western Sudan
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Great Trek
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Movement of Boer settlers in Cape Colony of southern Africa to escape influence of british colonial gov in 1834
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Mfecane
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Wars of 19th cent in southern Africa
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Swazi
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New African state formed on model of Zulu chieftom, survived mfecane
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Lesotho
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Southern African state that survived mfecane
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Salt water slaves
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Slaves transported from Africa; almost invariably black
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Vodun
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African religious ideas and practice among descendants of African slaves in Haiti
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Palmares
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kingdom of runaway slaves with a population of 8,00 to 10,000 people
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Suriname
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formerly a dutch plantation colony on the coast of south America
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William Wilberforce
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British statesman and reformer
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